Contributions
1,152 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDHuman Rights Act 1998: ImmigrationClearly the balance between the human rights of illegal migrants and the wider public interest is out of kilter. This Government will legislate to limit the application of article…15 Sept 2025HANSARDHuman Rights Act 1998: ImmigrationI hope the hon. Gentleman will take a bit of time to look at the speech I made to the Council of Europe just before the summer recess, in which I made a very similar argument to…15 Sept 2025HANSARDHuman Rights Act 1998: ImmigrationMy hon. Friend is right to point out that the fact that we are signed up to the European convention underpins other international agreements that we have with partners. It…15 Sept 2025HANSARDHuman Rights Act 1998: ImmigrationAfter that performance, I have to confess that I find myself rather missing the shadow Justice Secretary, the right hon. Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick). The shadow Minister…15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would like to use this statement to address the subject of this weekend’s events. On Saturday, well over 100,000 protesters marched in London. Many were exercising the ancient…15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have one job, and it is to secure our borders. I will do whatever it takes, but what I will never do is take the approach of the previous Government, who were led by gimmicks…15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will take no lessons from anyone sitting on the Conservative Benches. Their Government utterly failed on both legal and illegal migration. This Government, and this Home…15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat definition sought to give context to patterns of behaviour. Let me be clear for the hon. Gentleman and the whole House: there is absolutely no excuse for, or hiding of, the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere is both a legal question here and a political question. On the legal question, in all cases, including the one that the hon. Lady raises, it is for the police and the Crown…15 Sept 2025HANSARDJusticeAs I think the hon. Lady will be aware, that is primarily a policy area for our colleagues in the Home Office , but I will make sure that we raise those issues with them. Trial by…01 Sept 2025HANSARDJusticeAs I think the hon. Lady will be aware, that is primarily a policy area for our colleagues in the Northern Ireland Office, but I will make sure that we raise those issues with…01 Sept 2025HANSARDIndependent Review of the Criminal Courts: Part 1 ReportThis Government inherited a justice system in crisis with huge delays to hearings and victims left in limbo waiting to see justice done. To bear down on the backlog and deliver…09 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhat absolute nonsense. Let me tell the House the definition of soft justice: it is what the Tory party did, building only 500 prison places in 14 years in office. That is why we…08 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member will know that, with a judicial challenge, there will be some constraints as to what I can say publicly, and indeed even privately in a meeting. I will take advice…08 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have said many times at this Dispatch Box that that whole episode revealed a democratic deficit. I am reviewing the roles and powers and we will come forward with legislative…08 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe regulation of websites and content falls either within Home Office responsibilities for criminal law or with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, and I will…08 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for raising that important point. It is why we are reducing the threshold for the early removal scheme and looking carefully with the Home Office at the…08 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. and learned Member will know that for devolved matters it would of course be deeply inappropriate for me to try to influence or put pressure on the Minister of Justice in…08 Jul 2025HANSARDCrown Court BacklogThe Government inherited a record and rising courts backlog. We are investing more than the Conservatives ever did, and funding a record allocation of Crown court sitting…08 Jul 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is a little over a year since this Government were elected, and ever since I have been clearing up the mess created by the previous Government, who left our prisons days from…08 Jul 2025