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HANSARD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney ReportI pay a huge tribute to the hon. Gentleman. He has been a voice of sanity and courage for many years, on many of these issues. His leadership on the Trojan horse scandal was…22 May 2024HANSARD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney ReportI offer my deepest sympathies to the hon. Lady, because that is completely unacceptable. I would be happy to take that up with her afterwards and have a specific conversation…22 May 2024HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. With apologies, I used some figures I was not entirely sure of. I have now had them confirmed and just wanted to correct the record very…22 May 2024HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismLet me start with some of the points that the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss) made. I want to make it absolutely clear that incel violence is a form of extremism…22 May 2024HANSARD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney ReportI thank the hon. Lady for her very kind comments about my responses. I was somewhat surprised to hear them, but I am delighted none the less. [ Laughter. ] I see I am not alone in…22 May 2024HANSARD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney ReportMy hon. Friend is right. We have seen the police taking some very good action on some of these protests. I think about 600 or 700 people—I might be slightly out on the numbers, so…22 May 2024HANSARD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney ReportAs usual, I will listen very carefully to my hon. Friend’s suggestions. As for addresses, I do not think the election system will change between now and the second half of the…22 May 2024HANSARD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney ReportThe challenges we are seeing with different churches and communities across the land are where individuals organise protests surrounding areas that are used for different…22 May 2024HANSARD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney ReportThe hon. Lady is right that the police are operationally independent, but they are not independent of the considerations of the people they serve—in her case, the people of…22 May 2024HANSARDCrash-for-cash Insurance FraudIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I am delighted to speak in a debate secured by my hon. Friend the Member for Carshalton and Wallington (Elliot…22 May 2024HANSARD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney ReportAs the hon. Member will understand, I will not answer every single page of the report at this stage. I will look at all the pages that have been submitted. In fact, I have looked…22 May 2024HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right that ISIS-K—naming that area of Afghanistan after the older Arabic name, Khorasan, for that region—is a pernicious threat and it has been…22 May 2024HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI appreciate what he said, but for somebody who decided to throw himself out of aeroplanes in the south of England rather than join our great and glorious core training in…22 May 2024HANSARD Political Violence and Disruption: Walney ReportI thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments and the way he has approached this matter. He has always been extremely pragmatic in areas of national security, and has certainly been…22 May 2024HANSARDPost-legislative Scrutiny of the Criminal FinancesAct 2017The Government have today submitted a memorandum to the Home Affairs Committee regarding post-legislative scrutiny of the Criminal Finances Act 2017. The Home Office has carried…21 May 2024HANSARD Cyber-securityListen to me.07 May 2024HANSARD Cyber-securityIt is a great pleasure to see you this evening, Ms Bardell—as ever, the surprise only adds to the joy—and to respond to the hon. Member for Preston (Sir Mark Hendrick), who is…07 May 2024HANSARD Cyber-securityMany of its people will be homed around there, I am sure, though they may work in other parts. That force is a fantastically important element in our national defence. While once…07 May 2024HANSARDState Threat Prevention and Investigation Measures: 20 December 2023 to 19 March 2024Section 55(1) of the National Security Act 2023 requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of every relevant…02 May 2024HANSARDNational Crime Agency: Dealing with CorruptionThe National Crime Agency is the national lead agency for tackling serious and organised crime, tasked with reducing the impact it has on the UK, and thereby protecting the public…30 Apr 2024