Violence Reduction, Policing and Criminal Justice

Eight.

Eight Justice Secretaries—it has been a struggle to keep count of their changing. We have had eig...

The first duty of any Government—its most serious and solemn responsibility—is to keep its people...

Let me correct the Secretary of State. He may not recall, but I tabled one of the first amendment...

I am delighted to debate this with the right hon. Lady. Thirteen years, and it was not on the sta...

I commend the Secretary of State on his speech. He will know that the figures for Northern Irelan...

Yes, I would. I look forward to the restoration of the Assembly so that these important prioritie...

My right hon. and learned Friend is making an excellent speech and doing excellent work. He has n...

My right hon. Friend puts it well. Anyone who has observed what has taken place cannot fail but t...

I am very grateful to the Lord Chancellor, who was quite right earlier to reject the attempt at r...

I thank my hon. Friend, who is absolutely right. He did extraordinarily important work on stalkin...

The right hon. and learned Gentleman is making an interesting speech. I expect he will share my d...

What a very kind offer. I am sure that call will be echoed by those in the SNP Benches in front o...

My right hon. and learned Friend will want to comment, in that context, on persistent offenders, ...

On the contrary. I know that my right hon. Friend rightly, on behalf of his constituents, wants t...

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. We used to have happy times on the Justic...

I thank the hon. Lady for her question. We did indeed have a productive and non-partisan time on ...

The Secretary of State has outlined some measures to protect women who face really horrific abuse...

The hon. Lady has made a very important point. I will not bore the House with war stories, but I ...

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I will give certainly way to the right hon. Lady in a moment, but not before paying tribute to he...

I know that the Lord Chancellor has taken an interest in the public advocate proposals, but does ...

I have been very grateful to the right hon. Lady for the care and attention that she has given to...

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At the death, I will give way.

I detected that my right hon. and learned Friend had reached the closing part of his peroration, ...

As always, my right hon. Friend has made an extremely powerful point. On the basis of what he has...

Order. As soon as the Scottish National party spokesperson has sat down, I will impose a time lim...

Friends of mine will know that I run an occasional series on my social media about “Westminster w...

I call the Chair of the Justice Committee.

3.4 pm

It was a pleasure to listen to the Lord Chancellor open the debate with the characteristic modera...

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I will give way once and once only, because time presses.

I am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend. Those are the arguments that have been used for most o...

Before the hon. Gentleman comes back on that, I must point out that if those who are trying to ca...

A lifetime of holding a particular mindset that is not supported by evidence is not something I w...

I am pleased to be called to speak in the King’s Speech debate on policing and criminal justice. ...

I shall speak mainly about the various Bills that are designed to make our streets safer, almost ...

I rise to speak to amendments (b) and (h). On Monday night, the Prime Minister made a speech sett...

In a law and order context, there is a rich and sad irony in today’s amendments on a ceasefire: t...

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The reality of the matter is that Marks & Spencer, which was once a Jewish-owned company but sinc...

We cannot discuss confidence in the criminal justice system and policing without tackling the lon...

Let me start by saying that I have read the amendments on the Order Paper tonight, and if I could...

It is a pleasure to be called early in the debate. I usually wait a lot longer—

So get on with it!

“Get on with it,” says the Labour Front Bencher.

On justice, I hope that the Minister heard...

It is a privilege to speak in today’s debate, on a theme that many of us, and certainly our const...

I rise to speak to amendments (h) and (r). As I have stated publicly, the attack against innocent...

It will be obvious to the whole House that a great many Members wish to catch my eye this afterno...

A number of Members have referenced the appalling practice of spiking, so I will begin by commend...

I call Michael Shanks to make his maiden speech.

4.11 pm

Mr Speaker, may I start by thanking you and all the staff of the House for the very warm welcome ...

What a pleasure to follow the thoughtful eloquence of the new hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hami...

Let me begin by making three points. First, I must congratulate the new hon. Member for Ruthergle...

I have been to Gaza. It was a hell on earth before this latest bombardment and it has been absolu...

That is precisely why the second main point in my party’s amendment is a call for a bipartisan ce...

It is a great pleasure to join today’s debate. I would like to remind my constituents that this d...

In the time between the King’s Speech last Tuesday and today’s debate, we have had not only a for...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh), against wh...

It is a pleasure to speak in the debate. If we needed further proof that this Government are out ...

It is a pleasure to contribute to this debate on the King’s Speech. Much of the work on crime and...

Will the hon. Member give way?

No, I am not going to give way in this speech.

I have great respect for the police of this ...

I will focus on a few key issues as we debate the first Gracious Speech of His Majesty’s reign. F...

His Majesty’s Gracious Speech to both Houses of Parliament was most illuminating, in my view, and...

I will address two issues in my response to the King’s Speech, both of which relate to violence.<...

My hon. Friend is making an incredibly powerful speech, and I am sure my constituents feel very s...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, and he is right. This process is not easy—nobody is ...

I am very supportive of the policing and criminal justice aspects of the King’s Speech, but being...

For the last five weeks, I have been watching in utter despair as Hamas killed hundreds of innoce...

It is a joy to participate in this debate on the King’s Speech from the Back Benches again, follo...

I rise to support the amendments in my name and amendment (h), and to highlight the failures of t...

It is an honour to speak in this debate on the first King’s Speech of His Majesty’s reign. I pay ...

Let me begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West (Michae...

It is a privilege to represent the constituents of Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, which is charac...

My constituents know that I stand in solidarity with those affected by the atrocities in the midd...

I would like to start by thanking His Majesty King Charles III for his speech and echoing the com...

My hon. Friend makes a very interesting point on the value that veterans can contribute not just ...

I completely agree with my right hon. Friend about the value of veterans’ transferable skills, te...

In speaking to amendments (h) and (r), the House will be aware that I have openly called for a ne...

My hon. Friend is making some important points. Does he agree that we need a ceasefire or a cessa...

I thank my hon. Friend, who is correct in what he says. A lot of our constituents will not be awa...

As the Member of Parliament for what was recently voted the most royalist constituency in the cou...

Every day since 7 October, news from Gaza and Israel becomes yet more painful to watch, even for ...

I apologise, but in order to get the last seven Members in, we will have to drop the time limit t...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate on His Majesty’s first King’s Speech, especially on the ...

It is with great sadness and frustration that I must speak again in this House about the failure ...

I associate myself completely with the remarks of my good and hon. Friend the Member for Liverpoo...

I will call the Front Benchers for the wind-ups no later than 6.40 pm.

6.24 pm

With a sense of camaraderie, I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilto...

After 13 years of Tory austerity, what a thin King’s Speech it was from a Government who are out ...

It would be remiss of me not to begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Rutherglen ...

Some 1,400 Israelis have been killed and more than 11,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, ...

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. As you will know, this has been an extraordinarily diffic...

Order. Deepest condolences from the House, but this is clearly not a matter for the Chair. We wil...

The whole House will want to send their deepest condolences to the hon. Member for Oxford West an...

Much of the language is about a ceasefire. The Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Save the Child...

I will turn to those issues shortly. Everyone in this House wants the fighting to end. The centra...

I think we all understand that there have to be steps towards an eventual conclusion, and we all ...

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Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I have to answer the question from my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts)....

My right hon. Friend is right to highlight the fact that getting to peace is the ultimate goal fo...

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Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I will just respond to my hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall (Florence Eshalomi). She is of cour...

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I give way to my right hon. Friend.

Order. I would like to advise David Lammy that I will be calling Chris Philp at 6.51 pm.

With apologies, may I say to my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts), who r...

Few of us in this House have the experience of my right hon. Friend. She knows that it is quiet, ...

Let me join the shadow Foreign Secretary, the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy), in expr...

Will the Minister give way?

I am afraid that I must finish up.

We are also working actively with international partners...