Policing and Crime Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Lords amendment 96, and Governmen...

This first group of amendments includes 10 new clauses added to the Bill in the House of Lords ag...

The consultation closed 17 minutes ago. The truth of the matter is that the Government promised t...

With great respect, the hon. Gentleman should look at Hansard when it is published. That is not w...

I hope the Government will not be intimidated by a campaign the press are waging at the moment to...

As always, my hon. Friend makes an important point. However, let me make it clear again that the ...

But will it not be awkward for the Government if they completely ignore the Press Recognition Pan...

As I say, the Government will review the consultation, and I know the Secretary of State will loo...

When will the Green Paper considering the need for a victims’ law, which was first mooted in Febr...

We are committed to introducing measures to strengthen further the rights of victims, and it is i...

What are the Government going to do about strengthening protection for victims, particularly when...

I noticed that the hon. Gentleman was trying to intervene before I made that comment. Hopefully h...

Taking at face value the criticisms that the Minister levels with regard to the provisions for vi...

As I said just a few moments ago, we do want to look at strengthening victims’ rights, but we wan...

Happy new year to you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and to the Minister.

We support Lords amendments ...

Is not the Government’s position extremely sensible? A succession of criminal trials have looked ...

I am really sorry that the hon. Gentleman continues to plough that path. As I have said, the seco...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker.

Oh, really.

Order. Let the hon. Gentleman put his concern on record.

The hon. Lady is promoting me. The Prime Minister is Prime Minister to the sovereign, not to me.<...

I have heard some specious arguments in this place.

I hope that the Lords amendment is acce...

I urge Ministers to listen closely to the hon. Lady’s strong point. When someone dies while in th...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point.

We also support Lords amendments...

Does the hon. Lady agree that if the 2012 European directive on victims’ rights were put on a sta...

The hon. Lady is absolutely right, but I think that talking about Europe might be too much of a r...

I rise to support the Government’s amendment on stalking in lieu of Lords amendment 134. This is ...

Before the hon. Gentleman continues, may I say that it was remiss of me not to mention the work t...

That is very gracious of the hon. Lady, and I am grateful. The context for the proposals was the ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way, but may I enlighten him? He was not in the House when ...

I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention, but the reality is that the Conse...

I had not intended to come along today, but it is a real pleasure to follow the hon. Member for C...

With regard to the Birmingham situation, I am very happy to have a conversation with the hon. Lad...

I am only too aware that the Minister will almost certainly tell me that the legal aid, through t...

In the last Parliament, I was totally politically incontinent—in and out of all sorts of Lobbies,...

I do not think that it is going to be a very unified note by the end of the day, and I think ther...

Section 40 should not be introduced. To say to 90% of the local, regional and national press that...

I rise to support, as strongly as I possibly can, the Government’s amendment in lieu of Lords ame...

The whole House listened with great respect and interest to my hon. Friends the Members for Chelt...

My hon. Friend should place a copy in the Library.

My hon. and learned Friend suggests that I put the article in the Library, but when he hears what...

Division!

He seriously is a very great man.

I wrote this:

“I believe in a free press but I also...

Phone hacking is brought up again and again by colleagues who, in my view, want to censor the pre...

I have huge respect for my hon. and gallant Friend, but the fact is that the inquiry would not ha...

It is worth bearing in mind that when it came to suing the Metropolitan police to try to ensure t...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman’s point.

I was mentioning the five royal commissions and in...

My hon. Friend knows how much I return his respect, and he knows that I would normally regard him...

I am grateful for my hon. and learned Friend’s belief in my infallibility, and I assure him that ...

That is not true.

It is true. Seven of the 12 are former press people, and that does not meet the Leveson condition...

It is a pleasure to speak in the debate, and, in particular, to follow some of the passionate spe...

I have heard many times the argument that the libel laws are there, and that it is all very fine ...

The fact is that someone who wanted to spread mistruths today would do it on the internet, and th...

The whole point of these amendments is that all the actors in the criminal justice system—the cou...

The amendment talks about ensuring that victims of crime are “not subjected to unnecessary delay”...

I will not delay the House for long. I want to heap praise on the Secretary of State for not givi...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will be delighted to give way to my hon. Friend.

I am so sorry to disagree with my hon. Friend, but the Press Recognition Panel is not independent...

It is still independent because it does not choose who and what is the regulator; it determines o...

I had not intended to take part in the debate, but I want to say a few words about Lords amendmen...

I support Government amendment (a) in lieu of Lords amendment 134. Having heard the hard-hitting ...

I must remind the House that the motion relates exclusively to England and Wales. A double majori...

I must remind the House that the motion relates exclusively to England and Wales. A double majori...

I must remind the House that the motion relates exclusively to England and Wales. A double majori...

I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendment 1.

With this it will be convenient to take Lords amendments 2 to 23, 25 to 95, 97 to 133, 135, 143 t...

I am conscious that this group covers approaching 300 Lords amendments, even if many are of a tec...

I wish to say how welcome amendment 135 is. As the Minister said, my hon. Friend the Member for S...

I thank the right hon. Lady for her remarks. Yes, we agree, and amendment 135 therefore removes t...

I rise to speak to this large group of amendments. In moving on to making what I hope will be bri...

I want to speak briefly about Lords amendment 114. Let me take this opportunity to thank the Mini...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for thanking all who have been involved. He should be thanked as ...

I think it extremely important to work with industries when introducing new laws, to prevent any ...

I rise to support amendment 135, and I am delighted the Government have accepted Baroness Finlay’...