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HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillThere is when the TPIMs are first set out—the hon. Gentleman is right about that. My argument about the control orders at the beginning, where I thought they should have been…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Education Settings: Wider OpeningThe problem, listening to the Education Secretary, is that he just does not convey any sense that the Government have a grip or a proper plan for the future. Let me ask him…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillIt is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) , and he is right: this has been a thoughtful debate, often in a cross-party…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillCan the Minister tell us how many cases in the last two years have not met the current threshold but would meet his lower threshold?09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillLet me stress this point again: the Minister has still not given us any reason why the current system is no good and why it does not work. He has mentioned independent judgment,…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI do recognise that these are always difficult judgments, and I say this in a cross-party spirit. These are always difficult judgments and difficult cases to deal with. It is…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillIs the Secretary of State aware of cases in respect of which he, the Home Secretary or others think that a TPIM should have been granted but could not be because the burden of…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI appreciate that, but I think that also makes clear the gap in the right hon. and learned Gentleman’s case, because operational flexibility still should not apply to the burden…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that we will return to the protest issues in the statement shortly. This evening, there will be a television dramatisation of the terrible injustice inflicted on Anthony…08 Jun 2020HANSARD Public OrderI join all the Front Benchers in sending support and best wishes to all the police officers who have been injured, and in their strong sense that violence by a minority is always…08 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: UK Border Health MeasuresSir Patrick Vallance has said that the crisis escalated in this country as a result of many, many cases coming from Spain and Italy during March. So clearly, the triage system was…03 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillThe cross-party Select Committee on Home Affairs that I chair has repeatedly called for us to build a new, positive consensus on immigration in place of the polarisation of…18 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19I agree with the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) and others about how much we have sadly lost by not following the South Korea example on testing. We must…11 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 Update[Inaudible.]05 May 2020HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI am grateful, Mr Speaker. The Health Secretary told me that he would make public the evidence behind the Government’s repeatedly confirmed decision, in contrast with other…05 May 2020HANSARD Public ServicesThe Health Secretary promised me nearly two weeks ago that the Government would publish the scientific evidence behind the decision not to self-isolate people arriving at ports…28 Apr 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillIt is a pleasure to follow my fellow Select Committee Chair, the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill). When the Domestic Abuse Bill was first proposed, none…28 Apr 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillWill the Secretary of State look at the immigration surcharge for doctors and nurses who are working in intensive care units? Will he also look personally at the issues relating…23 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Screening for UK EntryWill the Minister and the Home Secretary pass on huge thanks to Home Office staff, Border Force staff and the police, who are working immensely hard on the response to the…23 Mar 2020HANSARD Windrush Lessons Learned ReviewThis report is deeply disturbing, but it also tells us many of the things we have been raising concerns about since the Windrush crisis emerged. The result of it is that British…19 Mar 2020