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HANSARDDomestic AbuseVery much so. I thank my hon. Friend for the work that he has done to raise with me the issues in his constituency. We are delighted that the Bill will be introduced tomorrow.…15 Jul 2019HANSARDModern Slavery Act: Business ComplianceMay I thank the right hon. Gentleman, as I said, for the work that he and his colleagues did on the review? It was an extraordinary piece of work and very thorough, and I know…15 Jul 2019HANSARDModern Slavery Act: Business ComplianceI am delighted that this is one of those issues that enjoys the support of Members from all parts of the House. The right hon. Lady will know from the announcements last week on…15 Jul 2019HANSARDModern Slavery Act: Business ComplianceI very much agree with my hon. Friend, who has done much work in this field. We have only to look at the terrible case that was finalised last week to see the breadth and range of…15 Jul 2019HANSARDGender Bias: EmploymentThe care sector is such an important sector in our economy—all the more so as we age and live for longer—so through the gender equality road map we are very much looking into how…11 Jul 2019HANSARDGender Bias: EmploymentI endorse not only the work of the Guinness Partnership, but the work of my hon. Friend, who is a powerhouse himself for trying to ensure that women and girls see construction as…11 Jul 2019HANSARDGender Bias: EmploymentMy hon. Friend asks a good question. There is interesting research on what and how gender stereotypes form at early ages. By the age of seven, girls tend to think that they should…11 Jul 2019HANSARDAbortion Clinic Buffer ZonesIt is a pleasure to answer this question from the hon. Lady. In September 2018, having considered the evidence of the review, the Home Secretary reached the conclusion that…11 Jul 2019HANSARDGender Bias: EmploymentMy hon. Friend has asked a deviously difficult question, in that there are many ways to interpret it. I have taken it to reflect the gender split in sectors. The worst sectors in…11 Jul 2019HANSARDWindrush: Home Office InvestigationThe Home Secretary commissioned a lessons-learned review to consider the key policy and operational decisions that led to members of the Windrush generation becoming entangled in…11 Jul 2019HANSARDWindrush: Home Office InvestigationI am glad that the hon. Lady has asked this question, because it gives me the opportunity to inform her that more than 6,400 people have been granted some form of documentation by…11 Jul 2019HANSARDWindrush: Home Office InvestigationI thank the hon. Lady for her question. As she knows from the work she has done, every case is complex. We want to ensure that they are being thoroughly considered. We will…11 Jul 2019HANSARDAbortion Clinic Buffer ZonesIt is not a question of having the guts or otherwise. We looked at this very carefully. We looked at the range of hospitals and clinics across the country that offer these…11 Jul 2019HANSARDModern SlaveryToday the Government have published their response to the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and launched a public consultation on the transparency in supply chains…09 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaI do not pretend to know how the consultation responses are counted; it may well be a dreaded algorithm. I know that officials will look carefully at the Hansard report of the…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaYes, I am very happy to do so. We are funding the police online hate crime hub, which is an expert police team that helps forces across the country to respond to hate crime cases…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaI simply do not accept that. I was trying to end on a collegiate note, precisely because of the experiences that have been reiterated and addressed in the debate. I simply do not…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaI absolutely understand the hon. Lady’s impatience with the timetable. I think I am correct in saying that she was in government herself when some of the legislation we are…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Walker. I start by thanking Bobby Norris for raising the important issue of online homophobia. I thank the more than 152,000…01 Jul 2019HANSARDOnline HomophobiaThat is a very interesting point. The hon. Gentleman will recall that we recently introduced the Data Protection Act 2018, bringing into force the GDPR rules of Europe. Worldwide,…01 Jul 2019