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HANSARDFuture FundingWill the Minister, mindful of what she has just said, investigate how much local authorities are spending on so-called anti-racist education, which is based on deceit, spreads…31 Jan 2022HANSARDHolocaust Memorial DayI am stimulated to intervene on the hon. Gentleman because this very morning I was listening to BBC radio. A holocaust survivor was taken to Belfast following the war—not, I…27 Jan 2022HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillAbsolutely. The separation of powers does not deal with mutuality. It deals with different powers, which are, by constitutional arrangement, held by the courts and this place. The…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillThere are two new clauses, and I am sure the Minister is going to deal with the second one, but the issue of evidence is particularly important, as he will know. Allowing…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillMy hon. Friend makes the point more eloquently than I ever could, partly due to her expertise. The real point is that these cases have created the possibility of a much more…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillThe court can take evidence, but what it should not be doing is fishing for further information, of a wider variety, which opens up consideration of the original process, rather…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillThat is, of course, true, and it is why judicial review exists. The hon. Gentleman is right that there need to be checks and balances, but it is wrong to use judicial review to…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillI rise to speak on new clauses 8 and 9, which stand in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Tom Hunt). Those who served on the Bill Committee will not be…25 Jan 2022HANSARDMigrant Crossings: Role of the MilitaryThe people who come here genuinely seeking sanctuary and who fear persecution deserve our compassionate care. The people traffickers and those rights lawyers who encourage,…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Smart MotorwaysWhile we are on the subject of other roads, it would be remiss of me not to make a case for Lincolnshire. We do not find motorways in Lincolnshire, smart or otherwise, but we do…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Smart MotorwaysMy hon. Friend will know that I was the roads Minister from the summer of 2016 through 2017, and had been at the Department for Transport prior to that under a different…13 Jan 2022HANSARD Smart MotorwaysIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone, and to contribute to this important debate on smart motorways. The American poet Robert Frost spoke of two roads.…13 Jan 2022HANSARDCareers Guidance in SchoolsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right about familiar networks providing advice and about the way that that disadvantages those who do not have good access to such support. That…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHuman Rights LegislationThe Secretary of State is to be commended on the statement, but will he be clear that we need to challenge the very principle of natural rights, which gave rise to the Human…14 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillIt is extremely encouraging news that the Government are going to—at last, I have to say—consider the Blair legacy of the Human Rights Act, but to substantially reform it will…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThe Minister makes a critical point about claiming asylum in the first safe country. People traffickers rely on the idea of selling a destination, regardless of where the person…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Food and Drink: UK EconomyI will be very brief. The right hon. Gentleman makes an excellent point. I served with him in Government when he was a member of the Cabinet and I attended it. He was a very good…01 Dec 2021HANSARD Food and Drink: UK EconomyI congratulate my hon. Friend, as has already been said. I know he is a great champion of the British food industry. There is something very straightforward that Government could…01 Dec 2021HANSARD Food and Drink: UK EconomyI have only two points to make, and given that other Members want to contribute, I shall make them briefly. First, I want to amplify the point I made about procurement. In my…01 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (Continuation) Order 2021I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s early remarks and the tone of his speech. On lone actors, as he notes, there is a growing fear that people like the fellow in Liverpool—we…30 Nov 2021