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HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill (Second sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr McCabe. I put on the record the fact that the Opposition do not object to this legislation, which is one reason why no…02 Jul 2019HANSARD Divorce, Dissolution and Separation BillI thank my hon. Friend for that helpful intervention. I hope the Lord Chancellor was listening to that and to everything else we are saying on the Opposition Benches. More could…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Divorce, Dissolution and Separation BillThis debate has seen considered and valuable contributions. There have been many points of agreement across the House—and obviously some differences. I thank all Members who…25 Jun 2019HANSARD Rehabilitation of OffendersI welcome the Minister to his new position. We worked together on the Justice Committee and, as always, he is eloquent in trying to convince the House to pass something that I am…05 Jun 2019HANSARDPost-conviction DisclosureBoth the Charlie Taylor and the Lammy reviews recommended changes to our criminal disclosure system for young people. On each count, this Government decided that they knew better,…04 Jun 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaIt is an absolute pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford West (Naz Shah). I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting) and the…16 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaMy hon. Friend talks about the dress code. The issue about Islamophobia is that we know that women who work in headscarves are repeatedly getting attacked and abused. That is…16 May 2019HANSARDDefinition of IslamophobiaI agree with what the right hon. and learned Gentleman is saying. He mentioned discrimination. It is right that religions can be criticised, but I am sure he will agree that when…16 May 2019HANSARD China: UK policyWill the Minister give way?07 May 2019HANSARD China: UK policyIt is a pleasure to speak in the debate under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. As we consider our Government’s relationship with China, we must not lose our ability to speak openly…07 May 2019HANSARD China: UK policyI entirely agree with my hon. Friend. Last week, official briefings by the Pentagon claimed that as many as 3 million people could be imprisoned in those detention centres.…07 May 2019HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI thank the hon. Members for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock (Bill Grant), for Argyll and Bute (Brendan O'Hara) and for Livingston (Hannah Bardell), my hon. Friends the Members for…23 Apr 2019HANSARDAccess to Justice: Criminal Case DelaysSince 2016, payments to consultancies by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service have shot up from £3 million to £20 million. The Government appear to think that expensive…23 Apr 2019HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI beg to move, That this House has considered the Expert Working Group report on hormone pregnancy tests. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. I am…23 Apr 2019HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and I absolutely agree with him; he can probably hear in my voice some of my frustration about the fact that this issue has not been…23 Apr 2019HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsI thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention, and I absolutely agree with him. He may have realised what the ending of my speech was going to be, because that was a point I…23 Apr 2019HANSARDHormone Pregnancy TestsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right and I come on to explain how other bodies use meta-analysis to carry out assessment. Does the Minister understand why we are asking why the data…23 Apr 2019HANSARD LibyaIt pains me to say that in 2011, in a speech that I made during a debate about the military intervention in Libya, I predicted everything that has been happening there since that…08 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, but does he not agree that words such as “humiliation”, “submission”, “begging”, “traitors”, “hang them” and “violence” are not…08 Apr 2019HANSARDUN International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationDoes the hon. Lady agree that the rhetoric used by the media and, sadly, sometimes by politicians—including the man who occupies the White House—is built on racial superiority? As…08 Apr 2019