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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend for highlighting the vulnerabilities of some female offenders. We are very much committed to delivering the female offender strategy by…08 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for the tireless work that he put into the Committee that scrutinised the Domestic Abuse Bill. I am delighted to confirm that all tier 1 local authorities…08 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to say that our officers and staff are a critical part of protecting the public through our prisons. Without those staff and officers, our…08 Feb 2022HANSARDSafety in PrisonsThe hon. Gentleman talks about an issue on which there is agreement across the House. I do not think that anyone in the House wants to see our brave prison officers hurt or put at…08 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the hon. Lady for her point about the important role that accommodation plays in resettling women. I know that she will take comfort from the fact that nearly 23% fewer…08 Feb 2022HANSARD Cyber-flashingIndeed. I was just about to say that my right hon. Friend has been joined by excellent company in the form of the Law Commission. She will, I am sure, appreciate that we are…25 Jan 2022HANSARD Cyber-flashingMay I say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Gray? Thank you for your munificence in holding on until I raced my way here this afternoon. I also thank my…25 Jan 2022HANSARDApproved Premises (Substance Testing) BillI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Rob Butler) for the excellent work he has conducted over the last few months in introducing this important Bill…21 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI thank the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea for the great work it has done in supporting many, many Afghans and their families. Indeed, it has been leading our efforts to…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI thank my hon. Friend and I pay tribute to the very moving speech he gave in this Chamber over the summer. On the schemes being superseded by the ACRS and ARAP, if I may, I will…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI am very happy to correct the hon. Gentleman. He will know that we have already flown over people who fulfil those criteria. For example, three cohorts of LGBT Afghans have now…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeVery much so. Of course my hon. Friend knows that, in addition to the ACRS, we also have the ARAP scheme on which MOD officials and armed forces personnel continue to work very…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI know that this is an issue that is concerning many of our constituents. We have the safe and legal routes under the new plan for immigration, of which the ACRS and ARAP are a…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeMay I take this opportunity to thank not just the hon. Gentleman but his local councils in Manchester, which have done a great job of looking after people in bridging…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI thank the hon. Lady for her questions. Just to help her understand, the ARAP scheme stands alongside the ACRS, so there is no question of people being transferred between the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI very much thank my hon. Friend, and I would be delighted to meet him and others involved in this effort. We are very conscious of the debt we owe to such judges. That is why I…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI welcome the right hon. Lady to her new place. I very much look forward, I think, to being scrutinised by her formidable Committee. I am very happy to thank those local…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI am very happy to do so. I thank my right hon. Friend for his consistent effort to help these academics. We may be able to find a route through the expanded community sponsorship…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI am grateful to all local authorities that are helping, including those in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency. I hope he will understand that I cannot give an answer at the…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI thank the right hon. Lady for her questions. I take issue with her description of the evacuation of 15,000 human beings from Afghanistan in the incredibly dangerous…06 Jan 2022