Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill

In Committee, Members had a robust debate about many aspects of this Bill, which we support but b...

My hon. Friend is making a detailed and comprehensive speech, examining many of these difficult i...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that. He rightly says that this is about having an open mind....

May I ask why an actual age is not included in amendment 30? There is an allusion to an age, but ...

Personally, I thought the amendment was clear. It lays down very specific issues in relation to y...

If we are talking about the age at which a person is convicted of a crime and serves this type of...

The hon. Lady tempts me to start to rehearse all the arguments around the age of maturity. We kno...

I am slightly confused by the suggestion we should be extending to 25 years old when there are Me...

We are talking about issues of maturity here, not when somebody can be an elected a Member of Par...

Looking at the evidence that we heard during the Bill Committee, am I right in understanding that...

I am grateful to the hon. and learned Lady, who has explained that far better than I could ever h...

Colleagues will be aware that there are a number of speakers who want to get in this afternoon. S...

I will start by apologising to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for being slightly tardy in taking up m...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry), ...

It is often customary to say that it is a pleasure to follow the previous speaker, but that would...

It is a pleasure to follow such considered comments from the hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin ...

I hear what the hon. Member is saying, and clearly I respect her experience, but does she accept ...

I accept that point, but I fundamentally believe that public protection trumps rehabilitation, no...

I do want to give time for the second group of amendments that we are discussing on Report, so I ...

It is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns). I recognise h...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Down (Stephen Farry), who spoke with great i...

I have read and listened to past debates on this issue with great interest, and particularly thos...

I am sure that all Members of this House agree that there are few Bills as important to the safet...

I am interested that the hon. Gentleman has addressed the issue of the probation service, because...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I am reassured that the Prison Service and the ...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Rother Valley (Alexander Stafford), and ...

Does my hon. Friend agree with me and the Government that this decision by the courts is reprehen...

I could not agree more. We need to be robust in fighting it. It is not just on this issue but on ...

It is an honour to follow the passionate speech by my hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Tom Hun...

Does the hon. Gentleman feel that those who have carried out acts of terrorism in the past, and p...

I absolutely agree that we should make sure that those people who have committed absolutely heino...

It is a pleasure to follow the thoughtful intervention speech by my hon. Friend the Member for No...

Order. I am terribly sorry, but we have to move on now.

Many hon. Members today have reminded the House that our first duty as Members of Parliament is p...

The Minister is right to mention the additional funds and so on that have been forthcoming, and w...

Numbers in the prison and probation service have been increasing over the past few years. As I sa...

The Minister and everyone in the House will be aware that there have been three attacks in the la...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I believe that the measures that we are taking i...

I am grateful to the Minister for his introductory remarks, particularly about how we can best wo...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment 59, in clause 32, page ...

The overriding priority of this Labour Opposition is and always will be to keep the public and ou...

Does my hon. Friend accept that the concern about TPIMs is not just the breadth of measures avail...

I do, and I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend for the work she has done on this issue and her c...

It is very important that we look at TPIMs to make sure they are usable, but does the hon. Gentle...

The hon. Gentleman speaks with both great personal dignity and authority on these matters. I agre...

It is a pleasure to see the hon. Member for St Helens North (Conor McGinn) on the Opposition Fron...

rose—

I am always happy to give way to my hon. Friend and near neighbour.

My hon. Friend and south London neighbour is kind for giving way. Let me reassure him on his poin...

That is a very helpful reassurance for today’s purposes, and I am grateful for the spirit in whic...

It is a real pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill), a...

Does the hon. and learned Lady agree that the delay of the review has caused quite a lot of conce...

I endorse what the hon. Lady says. It is important to remember that black, Asian and minority eth...

I am interested, as someone from a business background, to hear the hon. and learned Lady refer t...

I hear what the hon. Lady says, but that is what the current TPIM regime is designed to do—to ant...

I will speak briefly. As I did on Second Reading, I would like to associate a lot of my comments ...

Order. We are going to have to introduce a time limit of five minutes to get in as many as we can...

I rise to speak in support of the amendments. The stakes in any debate about terrorism and how to...

We did add some time—[Interruption.] No, it is fine. We added a bit of time because we have just ...

I wish to start by endorsing some of the comments made by the hon. Member for Bromley and Chisleh...

As terrorism evolves, the modus operandi of terrorist groups starts to move. If more legislation ...

Yes, of course I accept that there will be occasions when more legislation is needed, but, as the...

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this important debate.

It is our duty to refl...

I rise to speak about issues relating to amendments 37, 38, 40 and 46. I was seven years old on 1...

I thank the Members who have contributed to a very thought-provoking debate this afternoon. I wou...

The Minister anticipates my objection, so perhaps I can refer him to what the assistant chief con...

As I said, I accept that. There have not been any historical cases where the standard of proof ha...

In the brief time available, I wish, first, to thank the Minister for addressing some of the conc...

The Lord Chancellor has appeared, as if by magic, behind the Speaker’s Chair and has indicated to...

I thank the Lord Chancellor and the Minister for that commitment. The robust exchanges we have ha...

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

May I take this opportunity to tha...

This is an important Bill, which will have a significant impact on many aspects of the criminal j...

This is a very important Bill. The Lord Chancellor and his ministerial team are to be congratulat...

I will not speak for long, because I have already spoken at length this afternoon about issues of...

I rise only briefly to state my strong support for the Bill. I should declare that prior to my el...

On that point, my hon. Friend will be assured to know that the Sentencing Council is putting work...

I am grateful to the Lord Chancellor for reassuring me of that. I know from having served on the ...

May I say briefly that there are many MPs in this House who have been affected by terrorism? When...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

indicated assent.

I think it would be the right thing to do to allow our hon. Friend to compose himself for a momen...

I thank the Secretary of State very much for intervening. I do recall John Birch, Steven Smart, M...

We now come to Lords amendments to the Business and Planning Bill. I am going slowly here to allo...