Social Action, Responsibility and Heroism Bill

I very much agree with my hon. Friend. I want those who are tempted to try to attract people who ...

May I say how delighted I am to see that the Minister is still in his place and is a survivor? It...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for being pleased to see me still in my place. If he looks at...

Most of us on the Opposition Benches would agree: we do not want people to be intimidated by thre...

I can absolutely give the hon. Gentleman that assurance, because this Bill is not about taking di...

I do not want to misinterpret what the right hon. Gentleman has been saying, but it seems to me t...

All I can suggest is that the hon. Gentleman find a moment or two in his day to watch daytime tel...

As my right hon. Friend may know, yesterday parts of my constituency experienced severe flash flo...

That is very much my aim. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s constituents, and indeed to her. I kn...

Everything that we have heard so far is entirely worthy, and no one would wish to gainsay or crit...

The key thing that the Bill does, in legal terms, is lay down a set of principles for the courts....

Does my right hon. Friend agree that one way of deciding, in future years, whether the Bill has b...

That is clearly one of the measures that could be used, but this is an area in which it is very d...

The Secretary of State is being very generous in giving way. As I have said, I have great respect...

The hon. Gentleman will have to let me finish my speech and decide in the round, but I can assure...

I am probably being very obtuse, but everything my right hon. Friend has said over the last two o...

They do two things. They consolidate the law, which exists in fragmented places around past legis...

Obviously, I support the Government’s objectives and making things easier for volunteers. Have th...

It is difficult to give an exact answer on that. We have not been able to quantify it exactly, bu...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that one constraint on getting more volunteers into organisations...

That is absolutely right. My hon. Friend the Member for Canterbury (Mr Brazier) has highlighted t...

May I put the record right, Mr Deputy Speaker? As a Yorkshire Member of Parliament, I know that w...

All I can say to the hon. Gentleman is that if he were right, this move would not have been as wi...

I realise that the point I am about to make slightly stretches the parameters of the Bill, but gi...

I think that every one of us in this House would pay tribute to those people. I am sure that my h...

I am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend the Lord Chancellor for giving way. Does he agree...

I can certainly give that assurance to my hon. Friend. I do not think he is right, but we will de...

I support the Bill, because I think it sends a valuable message of reassurance to volunteers and ...

I will certainly make that very clear. We value enormously the work done by volunteers. May I tak...

It is customary, after a reshuffle, to welcome to their places the new Ministers who have been pr...

If the right hon. Gentleman takes that view of the Bill, why is he not going to oppose it? And wh...

The right hon. Gentleman should give me a chance to complete my speech. Then we can discuss what ...

How does the right hon. Gentleman therefore explain the 30% increase in three years in personal i...

I am pleased that the Justice Secretary asks that question because the Ministry of Justice has co...

The right hon. Gentleman is entirely right, and both sides of the House should celebrate that. It...

I am grateful for that intervention because it means that I can refer to the evidence on the barr...

Can we just be clear that the position of the Labour party is that all is well with the 2006 Act,...

If the hon. Gentleman will be patient, I will come on to what the Justice Secretary should have d...

I think that many of us are of the view—I am a little surprised that this is not in the Bill—that...

If the Bill was really about social action, responsibility and heroism, those sorts of measures w...

I think I know how the right hon. Gentleman will respond to this point, but, for clarity, I am go...

I have great respect for the hon. Gentleman, but he was not in the Chamber when I referred to the...

Given that the right hon. Gentleman is opposed to every aspect of what we are proposing, I am baf...

I appreciate that the Justice Secretary is demoralised because he has not been moved from the Jus...

I confess that I am no enthusiast for this Bill, but if I was ever to be persuaded to change my m...

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Particularly bearing in mind where I think the former Sol...

Actually, it is in order normally to hear one. I do not know the circumstances, but I am sure the...

Further to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Is it also not normally the case that members ...

Order. Sir Greg, come on. Not only can you do better than that, but we are certainly not going to...

That was very interesting. I have absolutely no doubt that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of ...

The hon. and learned Gentleman is being very generous. I hope that my comments will be helpful. T...

That is, no doubt, what the impact assessment says. Whether that justifies the bringing into law ...

It is a pleasure to say a few words about this Bill, and I congratulate the Secretary of State in...

My hon. Friend is outlining circumstances of deep winter and people clearing snow, or flooding in...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. In his introduction, the Minister—and, to be fair, ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon). He is right that I will ...

I thank all hon. Members who have contributed to this debate, whether with speeches or interventi...

rose—

The hon. Gentleman seeks to come back, having been put in his place. I am happy to give way.

There were two such hon. Members—who have now been mentioned three times—but there were a couple ...

The hon. Gentleman says I have given two examples. That is two more than the number of times he h...

Will the Secretary of State give way?

I will give way, but I should like the right hon. Gentleman to answer the question that I have ju...

I am intervening to ask whether the Minister can tell us the difference between the position crea...

The right hon. Gentleman clearly was not listening. He was concentrating so hard on preparing his...

Order. Mr Khan, you have got your point on the record. Everyone is joining in the shouting across...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am happy to continue, in a reasoned and measured way.

As...