Riot Compensation Bill

I will respond to my hon. Friend’s intervention in more detail later in my speech. Although I hav...

My constituency was a victim of the riots in 2011, when there were huge disturbances on the stree...

A key purpose of the Bill is indeed to have a more effective, streamlined and clear mechanism or ...

This issue is not just about the riots of 2011; many other localised riots have led to very exten...

I fully agree. In the region we both know best, the west midlands, there were the Handsworth riot...

Clearly, property values will differ throughout the country, and many members of the public do no...

Of course we recognise the difference in property values around the country, but we have to accep...

Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the areas that experience riots are often the most deprived i...

I recognise the right hon. Gentleman’s point. It is important that alongside any new legislation ...

My hon. Friend is right to say that new-for-old replacement will be welcomed by businesses that a...

As my hon. Friend says, the Bill would explicitly restrict a police force’s liability to direct l...

There is a cap, so any claims would be limited and caught by that cap. Bearing in mind that that ...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and businesses need to do as he suggests. This is about ...

It has been interesting to listen to my hon. Friend’s contribution so far. Does he agree that the...

My hon. Friend is right, and in conversations I have found that a surprising number of right hon....

Was the hon. Gentleman referring to the case in Croydon North of Mr and Mrs Hassan? They had rece...

The hon. Gentleman puts his constituents’ case far better than I could, and he is absolutely righ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way again. His point about new for old is incredib...

Many insurance policies already have business disruption cover, and focusing on direct losses, wi...

rose—

I give way to my hon. Friend, who knows a lot more about this.

Does my hon. Friend hope, as I do, that if the Bill moves forward today it will encourage the ind...

That is precisely what I have been calling on the ABI and other insurance bodies to do leading up...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for being so generous with his time. He mentions compensation...

I would certainly hope that money raised to support local communities would be used for that purp...

My hon. Friend is being extremely generous in giving way. Does he agree that part of the reason f...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. In fact, I wonder if he has read the next passage of my speec...

Just as everyone from an earlier generation remembers where they were when JFK was assassinated, ...

“28 Days Later”.

Sorry, I am not into zombie movies. It was Mr Melville’s example.

They found cars burning a...

If Ealing is the queen of the suburbs, Croydon is surely the king. There was another role for cou...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. He anticipates what I was going to say about the Ealing ...

That was at Reeves Corner in Croydon Central.

He’s not here, is he?

No, Gavin Barwell is not here.

Never mind. Not to worry.

Order. We cannot have conversations between Members. If the hon. Gentleman is intervening, that i...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I will continue.

Now the place is half the size and split ...

I certainly understand the hon. Lady’s point on behalf of her constituent, but will she recognise...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I would feel happy if this issue were addressed ...

I declare an interest as a commercial business owner and property owner. Most insurance companies...

I am talking about loss of earnings. The store owner, his wife and two kids had to live off their...

It was not just Reeves Corner that was affected. Nine businesses and 40 flats were destroyed in L...

That is an excellent point. There were the headline cases that got all the attention and went vir...

I understand that local authorities have discretion to deem domestic and commercial properties ex...

I believe that the hon. Gentleman is right, but local authorities live in ever more straitened ci...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ealing Central and Acton (Dr Huq). A lot of ...

I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak in the debate and congratulate the hon. Member for...

I strongly agree with what the right hon. Gentleman is saying, but does he recognise that the key...

The hon. Gentleman is right, of course. The riot claims bureau will be a step forward, but let us...

It might help the right hon. Gentleman to know that if the Bill were to pass, that would be dealt...

I am grateful for that indication. My hon. Friend the Member for West Ham (Lyn Brown) on the Oppo...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy), particularly given his...

What struck me when I was self-employed is the fact that rioting, terrorism and even political ac...

My hon. Friend makes a strong point. That partly reflects the change of era. There was terrorism ...

Not only would 99% of the claims that were paid following the 2011 riots have been unaffected by ...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. As he says, the result is that a lot ends up going ...

indicated assent.

The Minister nods from a sedentary position. It makes sense that people should not have to get ab...

It is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Torbay (Kevin Foster), and I congr...

I am sure my hon. Friend would agree that many people for whom English is their first language wo...

English is my first language, and I, too, find it very difficult to understand fully the wording ...

I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I hope ...

To reassure my hon. Friend, there is provision in the Bill for the sum to be amended by regulatio...

My hon. Friend is right that that ability is written into the Bill, but it requires the Governmen...

On the very sensible point that the hon. Gentleman is making, is he worried, as I am, that the Go...

That is my concern. We need an assurance from the Minister that someone will look at the limit ev...

No.

No, he was not suggesting that. I would not have agreed with that. I do not think we could set up...

Given the infrequency of riots, it would be quite a nice job to have, because someone would not w...

That is the point I am making. Thinking back to the Toxteth riots in the early ’80s, they are mer...

I am certain that when the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) went around all the destroy...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his support on that point.

In conclusion, I congratulat...

Sorry, Madam Deputy Speaker; I was sat quite comfortably, waiting for the hon. Member for Bury No...

Only West Ham.

That’s when we’re happy.

Which is not very often.

No, we are doing quite well.

The 1886 Act pays no consideration to what are now important q...

I thank hon. Members from both sides of the House for an informative and passionate debate that h...

The Minister may recall the former Member for Croydon North, Malcolm Wicks, who is no longer with...

The right hon. Gentleman is right to remember Malcolm Wicks, and the steps that he took in his co...

Huge damage was done in areas such as Tottenham and Croydon, but in Beckenham just three business...

My hon. Friend rightly makes a point about the need for certainty and clarity, and that is precis...

I am grateful for that reassurance. The management board sounds very sensible. There has been som...

The right hon. Gentleman makes an interesting and fair point. Should the Bill proceed, there will...

With the leave of the House, I would like to thank right hon. and hon. Members from both sides of...