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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)When we adjourned this morning, I was agreeing with the hon. Member for Croydon Central that special constables make a vital contribution to keeping communities safe, through…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)Serious violence has a devastating impact on victims and their families, instils fear in communities and is extremely costly to society, as I have already said. I hope the…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)Again, if it will assist the Committee, I am content to hear the hon. Member for Croydon Central set out her stall, as it were, and I will then respond.25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I am so pleased that the hon. Lady raises that, because the very first subsection of the Bill sets out the Secretary of State’s accountability. It is the Secretary of State who…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I will give way, but then I must make some progress.25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)Sir Charles, noting that there are no amendments, I do not propose to speak to the clause, which I commend to the Committee.25 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportI thank the hon. Gentleman for his questions and for bringing this urgent question to the House, because he has set out some of the reasons why this case is so very important.…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportDaniel Morgan’s murder in 1987 was a tragedy compounded over decades by the absence of a successful conviction in the case. Our thoughts remain with Mr Morgan’s family. They have…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportI thank the hon. Lady for bringing forward the very human aspect of this. I know that we are talking about a report and a review process, but at the heart of this has been the…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportI imagine the chair of the panel will say that her review has been conducted independently, rigorously and timeously. The Home Secretary cannot publish a report until she receives…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportI want to bring the hon. Lady’s attention back to this urgent question, which is about the report that the panel has drawn up following eight years of research and investigation.…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind remarks. Again I reiterate, because I understand the concern, that there is no question of the report being blocked, edited or changed in…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportThe hon. Gentleman dismisses national security with a wave of the hand, but these are the responsibilities any Home Secretary must abide by. That is the only caveat. Once those…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportI am not going to draw analogies between the facts of this terrible, terrible case and the headlines and facts that have emerged in relation to Princess Diana. I think both cases…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The reason the process for publication has been set out as it has is that it is in the report’s terms of reference from 2013, with paragraph 6…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportThe slight difficulty I have in setting out a timetable is that because we have not yet received the report, we do not know how long it is, the issues raised therein and so on.…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportThe right hon. Gentleman eloquently set out the terrible experiences of the family over the past three decades and more. It is precisely because of the trauma that they have…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportSadly, the hon. Gentleman asks me to speculate about a document that the Home Office has not yet received. We cannot publish the report until it has been received. If I may, I…24 May 2021HANSARDDaniel Morgan: Independent Panel ReportThe right hon. Lady sets out the seriousness of the situation, and I do appreciate that, as I hope was apparent from my earlier comments, but I make the point again that I cannot…24 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Third sitting)Q I have long accepted that, Dame Vera. That is why we have the end-to-end rape review, which is ongoing, as you know. The reason I ask that is because one would not want the…20 May 2021