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HANSARD Violence Against Women and Girls: Police ResponseThe Select Committee on Home Affairs heard damning evidence last week from rape survivors about how they have been let down by the criminal justice system. The report is also…22 Sept 2021HANSARDSalisbury Incident 2018: UpdateI thank the Home Secretary for this statement, and for the work of the police and of the intelligence and security agencies to have brought us to this point. The Salisbury attack…21 Sept 2021HANSARDData Breach: ARAP Applicants in AfghanistanI have been contacted about the harrowing case of a man who worked as a UK contractor on a UK project for many years and had a specific directed threat from a senior Taliban…21 Sept 2021HANSARD International TravelWe all hope that our vaccines will prove effective against any new variants so that we can all get back fully to normal, but we also have to be incredibly vigilant against any…20 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsLow-paid workers are facing not a double whammy but a triple whammy, with prices and bills going up, national insurance contributions going up and now a £1,000 cut in universal…15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsWill the Secretary of State give way?15 Sept 2021HANSARDUniversal Credit and Working Tax CreditsI thank the Secretary of State for giving way. A care worker or a low-paid public sector worker—for example, a nursery assistant—who works full time, loves their job and has no…15 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistan PolicyI welcome the Minister’s personal commitment and the intervention of the Home Secretary and other Ministers in trying to solve individual cases, but she will be aware that many…13 Sept 2021HANSARD HS2I am one of those who are deeply sceptical about the value for money of this project. I can think of considerable other ways to invest that money that would have a much stronger…13 Sept 2021HANSARD Emergency Services Cenotaph: WestminsterIt is an honour to co-chair with the right hon. Gentleman the committee that is campaigning for this memorial. Does he recognise that the 18 months we have had have really taught…09 Sept 2021HANSARDLegacy of Jo CoxJo was a friend and a fantastic West Yorkshire MP colleague, and it is such an honour to have Kim now as our West Yorkshire neighbour. Jo’s “More in Common” values are also the…09 Sept 2021HANSARDAfghanistanMay I join in the tributes to our armed forces who have worked so hard? There are still people being persecuted and hunted by the Taliban because they worked for the UK…06 Sept 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI thank the Prime Minister for giving way, and I welcome his commitment to support in the region, and also the Government’s commitment to a resettlement programme. The Home…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanI am grateful to the Foreign Secretary for giving way. May I ask him specifically about the ARAP programme? Will he expand it to cover not just the British Council, but those…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanWe have heard many sobering words in this debate already. I pay particular tribute to the words from our colleagues who have themselves served in Afghanistan, to all their…18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?18 Aug 2021HANSARD AfghanistanMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point. This is the kind of flexibility that the UK Government could adopt right now. We need such measures for those who have families at risk, but…18 Aug 2021HANSARDStrategy for Tackling Violence Against Women and GirlsI welcome the measures that the Minister has announced, and I welcome her personal commitment. The challenge is whether these measures match the scale of the problem and the scale…21 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillWill the Home Secretary explain why the number of initial decisions—not appeals—made by the Home Office dropped by 27% between 2015 and 2019, before the pandemic started?19 Jul 2021HANSARDNationality and Borders BillWill the Home Secretary give way?19 Jul 2021