Stalking Protection Bill

This week we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first woman taking her seat in this House. I ...

I know that my hon. Friend was about to move on, but I just wanted to inquire about a thing not i...

I thank my hon. Friend for his point, which we could consider in the House of Lords as the Bill c...

Has the hon. Lady completed her speech?

indicated assent.

We are immensely grateful to her; she has been the epitome of succinctness, which serves as a use...

Ah, a veritable slew of colleagues wishing to take part. I call Mr Alex Chalk.

What a pleasure it is to say a few words in this debate.

Before I move on to the specifics,...

I was hoping to intervene on the hon. Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston), but she concluded her spe...

As always, the hon. Lady makes her point extremely well—she is absolutely right. When I came into...

Like the hon. Gentleman, I realised the extent of stalking when people brought cases to me. I was...

That is precisely it. The weight of that experience means that something that might be perceived ...

The hon. Gentleman might not know this, but I always sit in front of the memorial to my parliamen...

That is absolutely right, and the hon. Gentleman will know that the rise of digital means of stal...

My hon. Friend is obviously a great expert on these matters and I do not want to divert him too m...

My hon. Friend makes an acute point. We must always recognise that whenever we legislate in this ...

It is worth noting the work that my hon. Friend did with my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester...

It is very kind of my hon. Friend to say that. Our work has had an impact, but none of that would...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for very kindly giving way again. It is worth putting on the record on...

That is absolutely right. We spend a lot of time in this House passing legislation, and we collec...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that, sometimes, the police fail to look at the whole pattern of be...

The hon. Gentleman absolutely puts his finger on it. I will develop that point in a moment. One t...

My hon. Friend is making a very persuasive speech. Of course, what will be required is for the po...

It is an extremely important point, and it does build on the point that I was making just now. Th...

My hon. Friend is making a very good speech, and this is a very good Bill. May I just come back t...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is true to say that there are measures that could be impos...

I am finding my hon. Friend’s speech both interesting and persuasive. Does he agree that we must ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right; this is in addition.

Many victims have told me that by ...

I must say that it makes a pleasant change to be called to speak so early in the debate, because ...

Do we not sometimes lose sight of the overall context? In this country today, deep into the 21st ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. He is right to highlight that there is a real i...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree with me—I make this point not specifi...

I thank my hon. Friend for a very thought-provoking intervention. Just to be clear on the technic...

Obviously, there is a money resolution to carry through the Bill, but I am talking about an ongoi...

My hon. Friend is right. There clearly needs to be an intention not just to pass a piece of legis...

On the question raised by our hon. Friend the Member for Bexhill a few moments ago—[Hon. Members:...

I thank my hon. Friend for yet another very well thought through and incisive intervention. I am ...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will give way very briefly. I am conscious of the time, and I know that you, Mr Speaker, do not...

My hon. Friend should give himself more credit. This comes back to the point made by my hon. Frie...

My hon. Friend—I visited the Battle part of my hon. Friend’s constituency, at his invitation, ear...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster). He said that the ...

indicated assent.

The Minister clearly shares that recollection. As a child I found the concept of a lone female on...

I want to build on my hon. Friend’s powerful point by saying that, in my community, public transp...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. Although most of her constituents use public transport, th...

I am very much enjoying my hon. Friend’s detailed remarks and his usual analysis of the Bill. Doe...

That is a good point, and the fact that I am unable strictly to comment on it underlines why poli...

My hon. Friend makes an important point about the impact of rurality. Does he agree that in that ...

I talked earlier about my lack of expertise in police matters, but of course my hon. Friend has c...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friends the Members for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge) and fo...

It is a pleasure and privilege to speak on Report. I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member...

May I say what a pleasure it is to support the Bill and these amendments today, Madam Deputy Spea...

I thank the Minister for her detailed response and agree with her proposed approach. As I said, t...

Indeed, and I note that my hon. Friend the Member for South Suffolk (James Cartlidge) raised a mo...

I thank the Minister for the details that she is providing on commencement. Would she provide a r...

Most certainly. My hon. Friend will understand that I cannot give precise dates, but it is certai...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

May I begin by thanking the Minist...

My hon. Friend is being extremely gracious. I thank her for introducing the Bill, which undoubted...

I thank everyone who has contributed today with thoughtful speeches and interventions, including ...

I am impressed by what my hon. Friend is saying, as it shows the great passion that she has broug...

I thank my hon. Friend.

Raising awareness will help to encourage more people to come forwar...

I, too, welcome the courage of the people who have been able to speak out, but we should recognis...

That is an extremely important point. There is, of course, another group who cannot speak out: th...

My hon. Friend is making a very important point, not least for this reason. A substantive and ful...

Absolutely. Following the important work that my hon. Friend has himself undertaken, longer sente...

I would like to start by congratulating wholeheartedly the hon. Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston),...

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston) for introducing this important Bill, ...

It is a great pleasure, as always, to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough (Neil O’Bri...

I was not going to make my own contribution today, but I should like to echo what the hon. Gentle...

I strongly agree with the hon. Lady’s comments. The House of Commons is at its best when we come ...

I have listened attentively to what the hon. Gentleman has said about that specific case. I serve...

The hon. Gentleman is quite right to point out that the vast majority of victims of these terribl...

I made a speech in Westminster Hall in 2009 about what I knew to be going on in the gangs working...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. There can be no excuses, based on cultural background or ...

Hear, hear.

Members on both sides of the House, and I hear agreement coming from the Government Front Bench, ...

A chief constable told a group of us only two weeks ago that the Crown Prosecution Service is ver...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for putting that concern on record. As we go through the comprehensive...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston) on bringing this important Bil...

I listened carefully to my hon. Friend the Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp), who talked abo...

I thank my hon. Friend, who makes, as always, a very wise contribution that is very welcome. As I...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Ochil and South Perthshire (Luke Graham)...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for doing the research and finding out about that. I know Nick an...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I would like to further endorse the work of Nick Gaz...

I, like every Member in this House today, thank my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Dr Wollasto...

Does my hon. Friend have any idea why there has been a trebling in the amount of stalking in Engl...

I suspect that there is a problem between the stalking and the reporting of it and, in some ways,...

People are just coming forward more.

Yes, but the more willingness to report there is, the better.

Three or four years ago, the stalking commission looked at this issue. Anonymity and social media...

The hon. Gentleman is making a valid point, and I certainly hope that the online harms White Pape...

I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston) on successfully steering...

The hon. Member for Walsall North (Eddie Hughes), with whom I work on other campaigns, made a bri...

I very much agree. Cross-party co-operation really can and must happen on such issues. The hon. G...

rose—

Order. I do not think there was an intervention.

May I apologise to the Minister? A very good friend and colleague, my hon. Friend the Member for ...

I do not know quite how to respond to that, so I shall move on quickly.

The 2017-18 perform...

I just want to put it on record that there is cross-party support for this excellent Bill. I also...

Very much so, and I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Again, I am happy to ...

I thank the Minister, her officials and Members on both sides of the House. This debate has shown...