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HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI assume that my hon. Friend meant that she will accept the amendment when I move it.15 May 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI hope my hon. Friend will forgive me if I do not go down that road at this particular point, because I am dealing with a very focused new clause, but I think that, as a minimum,…15 May 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI am grateful for that. The key bit about cuckooing is that the police have never been able to arrest somebody because they have taken over a house; they have to prove that there…15 May 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice BillThe hon. Lady is making an important point. All of this comes back to how we view vulnerability, because it displays itself in very different ways. In almost all these cases,…15 May 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI rise to speak in favour of new clause 57 and what was new clause 7 which has been copied by the Government in new clauses 94 and 95 on cuckooing. Having discussed the matter, I…15 May 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI will, but very briefly, in view of your strictures, Madam Deputy Speaker.15 May 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice BillI could not agree more. That is why I was insistent that the Government are clear in the guidance that coercion and other acts negate the idea that, superficially, the individual…15 May 2024HANSARD Countering Iran’s Hostile ActivitiesI agree with the hon. Gentleman about that, but I have to tell him that this is going on all the time. All the points he made are correct, but the reality is that the oil is still…08 May 2024HANSARD Countering Iran’s Hostile ActivitiesWorth a try.08 May 2024HANSARD Countering Iran’s Hostile ActivitiesIt is always a privilege to speak with you in the Chair, Mr Henderson. I start by congratulating the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge) —my right hon. Friend, in…08 May 2024HANSARD Countering Iran’s Hostile ActivitiesI apologise for interrupting my hon. Friend in her flow, but I want to check something. As I understand it, Iran is not specified as a threat in the integrated review; I think it…08 May 2024HANSARD Countering Iran’s Hostile ActivitiesThe right hon. Lady is making an excellent speech to which I am listening carefully. I would press slightly on one other issue. It is quite clear, through links that I will set…08 May 2024HANSARD Defence Personnel Data BreachI welcome my right hon. Friend to the Dispatch Box. We know now that the British Government were warned by the American security services nearly two years ago that the Electoral…07 May 2024HANSARD Telegraph Media Group Ltd: AcquisitionI thank my right hon. and learned Friend for coming forward with this statement and for making the right decision. Does this whole process not demonstrate what my right hon.…30 Apr 2024HANSARDEngagementsHas my right hon. Friend seen the video that is doing the rounds of the theft in a shop in my constituency, Boots the chemist on Station Road? In the space of eight minutes, two…24 Apr 2024HANSARD Human Rights: Consular ServicesI am concerned, because rather than run away, Kara-Murza went back to Russia to make the case against the brutality of the war on Ukraine, rather like Jimmy Lai did in his case.…16 Apr 2024HANSARD Human Rights: Consular ServicesI congratulate the hon. Member for Edinburgh West (Christine Jardine) on obtaining this debate. I do not intend to speak; I just want to make a couple of quick points. As the hon.…16 Apr 2024HANSARD Human Rights: Consular ServicesWill the Minister give way?16 Apr 2024HANSARD Human Rights: Consular ServicesI am grateful to the Minister for giving way, but I have to ask why it took so long for the British Government to claim him as a British citizen. The Chinese position is…16 Apr 2024HANSARDIran-Israel UpdateMy condolences, Mr Speaker. Can I commend my right hon. Friend’s statement? It is clear, as has been said already, that all roads lead back to Tehran when it comes to the terrible…15 Apr 2024