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HANSARDNational Planning Policy FrameworkOn the subject of keeping land habitable, the hon. Lady will be familiar with the fact that the Lincolnshire fens, and particularly South Holland and The Deepings, are entirely…16 Jul 2026HANSARD Societal Impact of AI: Government PolicyI rise in support of much of what the hon. Member for Poole (Neil Duncan-Jordan) has said. He has done a service to this Chamber, and Parliament more generally, by highlighting…08 Jul 2026HANSARD Societal Impact of AI: Government PolicyI absolutely agree. That is why I began by describing what has occurred over the last quarter of a century and the misunderstanding—a pervasive one that affected all political…08 Jul 2026HANSARD Societal Impact of AI: Government PolicyI know from my dealings with the hon. Gentleman that he is a good and effective Member of Parliament who takes a very responsible view of these things, but we must not let the…08 Jul 2026HANSARD Societal Impact of AI: Government PolicyI am interested in the right hon. Lady’s comment on productivity, because it is one of the prevailing macroeconomic challenges facing this Government and previous Governments, as…08 Jul 2026HANSARD Societal Impact of AI: Government PolicyWill my right hon. Friend give way?08 Jul 2026HANSARD Societal Impact of AI: Government PolicyI hear what the Minister says, but there are no specific laws governing the standards of AI, there is no dedicated regulator to deal with AI development, and there are no…08 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersDisraeli, the great Conservative Prime Minister, said: “Justice is truth in action.”—[ Hansard’s Parliamentary Debates , 11 February 1851; Vol. 114, c. 412.] When criminal justice…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersThere is a perpetual uncertainty about this issue, as my hon. Friend describes, but at the heart of it is the distance between the popular expectation of what criminal justice…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersThe hon. Gentleman is right: prisons were closed that, in my view, might have been kept open. Has he looked at those prisons to see if any of them could be brought back quickly…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersI am grateful to the Minister for giving way a second time—he is very generous—and for his kind remarks about my consistency. He also mentioned our differences, and I will explore…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersI am always happy to give way to the hon. Lady.07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersNot for the first time, the hon. Lady has brought both insight and character to our considerations. She has been consistent in raising this issue in the House. From the experience…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersThe hon. Lady is right. If you will allow me to digress for a moment, Madam Deputy Speaker, I am often asked by constituents—I imagine other hon. Members are asked the same…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersBefore I deal with that directly, may I say that in championing the interests of victims, my hon. Friend has done the Conservatives and the whole House proud? He has a remarkable…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersMy right hon. Friend is right. The figures are stark: one in eight prisoners is a foreign national taking up valuable prison space. There are 10,376 foreign national criminals in…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersMy right hon. Friend is right. We are perfectly entitled to make that request of Government, as he has done in eloquent terms. It seems to me that the plan to release up to 6,000…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersAs my hon. Friend will know, the Sentencing Act facilitated early release. Did we not ask then for clarity about what that meant, in the terms that he describes? What kind of…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersMy hon. Friend has done a heroic job in highlighting the perennial problem in his area and beyond it. The reluctance to acknowledge that these grooming gangs were run largely by…07 Jul 2026HANSARDEarly Release of PrisonersMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. It would be straightforward for the Government to issue a statement—a written statement would do, actually—on the back of this debate…07 Jul 2026