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HANSARDCost of LivingYes, I entirely agree. I recommend to anybody who has not read it last Sunday’s article in The Sunday Times about food banks. The journalist took the time to eat a diet of what is…05 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeAs many in this House know, I am a former police officer, and something that is important for every single one of us as MPs is our responsibility for safeguarding, both on the…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of LivingI thank the right hon. Member for East Ham (Sir Stephen Timms) and the Backbench Business Committee for granting this estimates day debate on DWP spending on cost of living…05 Jul 2022HANSARDPoints-based Immigration System: Labour ShortagesThere is a severe shortage of care workers around the UK. In St Andrews in my constituency, a social care business had to shut down recently because of staffing issues. My inbox…20 Jun 2022HANSARDPoints-based Immigration System: Labour Shortages5. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the points-based immigration system on labour shortages.20 Jun 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Members may be aware that early editions of Saturday’s Times included a story regarding the conduct of the Prime Minister when he was…20 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)These amendments take out all the provisions that allow an SDPO to be renewed once its original period has expired. We need sanctions in the justice system to be applied…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I suppose we could say that the Minister and I have a difference of opinion here. Without an assessment, we will not know who is accurate. The Minister’s position is that the…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I agree with the hon. Member. The COP26 policing effort of last year involved mutual aid. That involved, for example, training in Scots law for officers coming from England and…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendment 28 is consequential on amendment 27. We may not have found much to agree on so far in Committee, but what we have all agreed on is how hard our police officers work, how…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 27, in clause 28, page 26, line 32, at end insert— “(3A) Except as provided by subsection (3), sections 1 to 5 and 11 to 22 of this Act may not come into…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I intend to withdraw the amendment, but I do not agree with the Minister that we should apply orders that can apply indefinitely, and that could therefore breach people’s right to…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 41, in clause 21, page 21, line 29, leave out “, renewing”. This amendment would prevent an existing serious disruption prevention order from being renewed.16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I have nothing further to add. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 40, in clause 20, page 21, line 19, after “fine” insert “not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale”. A person convicted of an offence related to a…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Sixth sitting)What would be acceptable to the Minister then? I suppose that is the purpose of my probing amendment.16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)This is a probing amendment to get the Government’s view on the matter. The Minister has made it clear that he thinks the civil burden is appropriate at this time, so I beg to ask…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)The purpose of these amendments is to raise the burden of proof in relation to SDPOs to the criminal standard, rather than the balance of probabilities. Simply put, there is a…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 38, in clause 12, page 12, line 16, leave out “on the balance of probabilities” and insert “beyond reasonable doubt”. This amendment would raise the burden…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPublic Order Bill (Fifth sitting)I would characterise Opposition parties’ arguments in this Committee as seeking clarity to help the police and the legal system. Our role as legislators is to provide that…16 Jun 2022