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HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillI will just make a bit of progress, and then I will take further interventions. Finally in relation to the duty of candour, it is underpinned by a new criminal offence of…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillYes, I can confirm that. I want to emphasise the point again, because it is so significant, that out of the most unbelievable suffering, these families—these victims—have pushed…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillI thank my right hon. Friend for her work and campaigning on this issue over many years. She makes a powerful point about the independent panel. I first met Bishop James Jones…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillThis does apply to non-statutory inquiries, so my hon. Friend’s point is covered in the Bill. I will press on. The second part of the duty of candour is a professional duty of…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillI am grateful for that intervention. Of course we must acknowledge the role that the media and others played in this—it was a cover-up at so many levels. As for an oversight…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillObviously, a lot of thought has been given to the particular issue of the security and intelligence services. The Bill is clear that the duty applies, but has a different way of…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillI thank the hon. and learned Gentleman for raising that. This Bill is obviously intended to deal with all the situations in which there needs to be a duty of candour, with…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Before I come to the Bill, I put on record in this House my own tribute to the police, to the first responders and in…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillI really think that, with the Hillsborough families here in the House with us—03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I also think that we owe the families a better debate than this descending into party political point scoring. I hope we can continue the debate…03 Nov 2025HANSARD Public Office (Accountability) BillNo, they will not be able to, but that is not a deficiency of this Bill; it is a long-standing constitutional rule. This will be about offences moving forward. But I will just…03 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsI begin by paying tribute to my hon. Friend’s sister Margaret, who was a guiding figure in the Labour party and left a powerful legacy in helping us to tackle brain cancer. We are…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend’s constituency is just one example of why the United Kingdom is a world leader in educating and attracting the brightest minds. Our immigration White Paper includes…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend for raising these tragic cases, which have a huge impact on families, friends and communities. I know that she is a passionate and dedicated campaigner on…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am grateful to the hon. Member for raising that. I think the broken SEND system has been raised with me more frequently than any other issue at Prime Minister’s questions. We…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Member for raising that. She will have heard the answer I gave a few moments ago. I will ensure that she gets a meeting with the relevant Minister so that she can…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsOur small business plan was widely welcomed by small businesses across the country, not least because of their input into it. The hon. Lady complains about the measures we had to…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI agree. I thought that the King and the Pope praying together sent an incredible message to the world and was very powerful. I agree that if we all work together, we can bring…29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe freeze was introduced by them. That is why it is coming in next year.29 Oct 2025HANSARDEngagementsI know how important face-to-face banking is on our high streets. As my hon. Friend says, we have committed to rolling out 350 banking hubs across the United Kingdom, and over 180…29 Oct 2025