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HANSARDShort Prison SentencesIt is, of course, right that we need to consider the causes of crime. That is why I have talked about the erosion of civil society. Of course it is true that when communities…07 Mar 2019HANSARDShort Prison SentencesYes, but by letting on to the streets 34,000 people who would currently go to prison, we would by nature make it more likely that those people would have more victims, unless the…07 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeA national newspaper this week featured a smirking criminal outside court having been given a suspended sentence for a second knife offence. Will this Minister, whose tenacity is…07 Mar 2019HANSARDShort Prison SentencesThe hon. Lady is a very distinguished Member of this House, with whom I have worked in the past, so I do not want to suggest in any sense that I am patronising her. However, that…07 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019On pending applications, people have proceeded using the existing system and will reapply to the new system. Can the Minister assure us that there will be no delay there? If…05 Mar 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseEdmund Burke defined statesmanship as a combination of “a disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve”. In such a spirit, I met representatives of the taxi industry, trade…28 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsLittle moves us more than the death of a child and for bereaved parents that grief is beyond words. Action speaks louder, which is why I have championed, inspired by the hon.…27 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness without DebateI only raise a point of order in this respect; I seek your guidance, Mr Speaker. If on some future occasion, for some future purpose, I were to want to present a petition to the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness without DebateOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.27 Feb 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationI am grateful to the hon. Lady; she has been very generous. Of course she is right to say that good parents take the view that she has just described about their children. Much…25 Feb 2019HANSARDRelationships and Sex EducationWill the hon. Lady give way?25 Feb 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWith a diligence that chimes with all of your stewardship, Mr Speaker, and characterises the best of my own endeavours, we listened yesterday to the Home Secretary deal with an…21 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe late Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin said that his countrymen were a sentimental people, “easily moved by stories of cruelty”. In that spirit, will the Secretary of State clamp…21 Feb 2019HANSARD Deprivation of Citizenship StatusOn a point of order, Mr Speaker.20 Feb 2019HANSARD Antisemitism in Modern SocietyBefore my hon. Friend moves on further from religious education, I should say that on the basis of what she has described, perhaps it is time for new guidance from the Department…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Points of OrderOn a much trailed and therefore much anticipated point of order, Mr Speaker. Last April, the Prime Minister announced a children’s funeral fund to give support and solace to those…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Deprivation of Citizenship StatusI wanted to raise a point of order, Mr Speaker, but I am very happy to wait until you feel it is the right time to do so. I seek your advice, Mr Speaker: now or later?20 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIn our infancies at our mothers’ knees, we were told that little boys were made of slugs and snails and puppy-dogs’ tails, but the fantasy of the nursery is a world away from the…14 Feb 2019HANSARD Communities: Charities and VolunteersI wonder whether the hon. Gentleman would consider the dichotomy at the heart of his argument—I used the word “argument” in the most generous spirit. The dichotomy is that he is…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Communities: Charities and VolunteersMy hon. Friend is keen to speed on, but I should just like to say that she has already made a great impression on the House and on the sectors for which she is responsible in the…13 Feb 2019