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HANSARDWelfare ReformI have conducted a survey of my constituents on the subject of welfare reform, and I submitted the findings to the consultation. I have also met disability groups across Swansea…30 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI am proud to have stood on a manifesto pledge to halve violence against women and girls in a decade, and I know that colleagues on the Front Bench take that extremely seriously.…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillThe hon. Member is right to say that there is excellent practice in Northern Ireland, and the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, which I chair, is looking at that. He may be…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillI beg to ask leave to withdraw the new clause. New clause 2, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 7 Abolition of non-crime hate incidents “(1) Non-crime hate incidents as a special…18 Jun 2025HANSARD Crime and Policing BillMy hon. Friend and I obviously do not look at this through the same lens. For me, it is prostitution and not sex work, and we need to see some more examples of that being used. We…18 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI am afraid the hon. Member is not stating what my new clause would actually do. It takes women out of the criminal justice system, and this is the Crime and Policing Bill.17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWow. I would like to know if the hon. Member actually knows of any woman who would put themselves in that situation if there was not coercion or control of some kind. Obviously, a…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillWe are not here to amend the Abortion Act. This is not a Backbench Business debate. We are here to debate an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill. I hope that the hon. Lady…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI do not know of any woman who has had an abortion, at any stage, and taken it lightly. Any abortion at any stage of your pregnancy is a life-changing experience. That is why I do…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillNot at the moment, but I will later. Healthcare professionals acting outside the law and abusive partners using violence or poisoning to end a pregnancy would still be…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI do apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. Every day is a school day. My amendment, new clause 1, would disapply the criminal law related to abortion for women acting in relation to…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank the hon. Member for that contribution, and for the recognition that, while our voices and opinions differ across the House, we have respect for each other. I do not see…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillNearly five years ago, having suffered a rare complication in her abortion treatment, Nicola Packer lay down in shock, having just delivered a foetus at home. Later arriving at…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI thank my friend the hon. Member for his intervention, and I heard him make that point in an earlier intervention on the Minister. The fact is that new clause 1 would take women…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillThe hon. and learned Member will know that the Abortion Act is not going to be amended. New clause 1 will only take women out of the criminal justice system because they are…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillYes. I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, because the truth is that we have to flip this around. No woman, or anybody, is deterred. This is not a deterrent. The criminal…17 Jun 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing BillI beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.17 Jun 2025HANSARDDevolution: Crown EstateDevolving the Crown Estate sounds like such a wonderful idea, but the truth is that it really is not, and the continued lobbying and loud chat about devolving the Crown Estate is…11 Jun 2025HANSARDDecriminalising AbortionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. I pay tribute to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) for opening this very…02 Jun 2025