Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

This Bill doubles the maximum sentence for an assault on emergency workers. Does the Home Secreta...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Having personally spent much time with our frontline officers...

Will the Home Secretary give way?

I will in just a second.

Having personally spent time with those on the frontline, I have a...

I urge the Home Secretary not to play party politics with this particular bit. I introduced, as a...

There are many important points that I would be happy to debate about the police covenant and giv...

I support entirely the need to make sure that sentences fit the crime, but is not the reality tha...

Absolutely not. The Government are determined in their resolve—through this legislation, and deli...

We do not want to waste police time. Over the years I have formed an unlikely alliance with peopl...

When it comes to freedom of expression, my right hon. Friend knows my views and those of this Gov...

Since the Home Secretary’s Government first promised a victims Bill, there have been 1 million se...

I will take no lectures from the hon. Gentleman or the Opposition when it comes to supporting vic...

Asleep on the job.

The hon. Gentleman can yell from the Back Benches, but it is important to remember that when it c...

What consideration has the right hon. Lady given to the rights of generations of Travellers and G...

The hon. Gentleman will be aware that there was an extensive public consultation on this issue an...

The Home Secretary may remember coming to visit Wolstanton Marsh in my constituency during the el...

I recall a visit to my hon. Friend’s constituency, and he is right. Many colleagues, and many mem...

At the moment, if somebody suffers a sexual assault or rape, they will wait two years before they...

It is absolutely right that we look at every single measure and approach to ensure that victims o...

I should inform Members that we will start with a time limit of five minutes, but it will go down...

The House meets today in the shadow of the tragic loss of Sarah Everard, and I know the whole Hou...

Does the right hon. Gentleman not agree that no one should be able to block an ambulance from cro...

Because the existing laws deal with those issues. The Conservative party is not making the case f...

Does my right hon. Friend agree that the inclusion of parts 3 and 4 of the Bill undermines victim...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Parts of the Bill could have been removed and we could have h...

Does the right hon. Gentleman not agree that for him to vote against the entire Bill, much of whi...

I will come to other concerning aspects of the Bill in a moment, but it says a great deal that wh...

As a signatory to that letter, campaigning on this means a great deal to me. Actually, I contacte...

Absolutely. The cancellation of that workstream is entirely wrong. I say to the Home Secretary th...

I am actually not aware of that workstream being cancelled or the letter, so I would be more than...

I am grateful for that, and when the Home Secretary returns to the Home Office, I would be gratef...

As my right hon. Friend knows, I, and I think we as a party, support clause 2, because we believe...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right and I will come on to that issue in a moment, when I have some...

The shadow Home Secretary should well know and should honestly tell the House that the maximum se...

I asked the Home Secretary earlier in the statement to tell me how many people convicted of rape ...

My right hon. Friend and the whole Labour party and Opposition agree that protecting private and ...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance that is being put on statues over women, ...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

In one moment, because I need to deal with the issue of the rape statistics that has been raised....

If the desecration of our war memorials does not move the right hon. Gentleman, can I check this ...

I do absolutely support that and I will come to it in a moment but, to deal with the first part o...

The right hon. Gentleman mentioned my constituent, Ellie Gould, and her appalling murder two year...

With great respect, the hon. Gentleman identifies a complexity, but I think he agrees with me tha...

Recently in Wolverhampton, two ambulance staff were stabbed. I am watching you go through this Bi...

Order. I do not want to stop the debate for this, but you do not call the person who is speaking ...

Yes, I was not aware of your position on the Bill, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have not finished my s...

I wonder whether the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West (Stuart Anderson) has actually hit ...

Absolutely. The Government could press pause on the Bill and bring the whole House together.

The right hon. Gentleman is making, in many parts of his speech, a very strong case for supportin...

I will always bow to the right hon. Gentleman’s guidance on parliamentary procedure, but we took ...

I want to take my right hon. Friend back to the emergency workers legislation. One of the difficu...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Having understood the attitude of the Government in 2018, per...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Let me make some progress; I have taken a number of interventions.

I come to the police cov...

I am sure that the right hon. Gentleman and the whole House will be pleased to hear that my hon. ...

That is a wonderful intervention to take; I am sure we will all be delighted to hear that.

...

The right hon. Gentleman is very generous to take so many interventions. Is it not the case that,...

I think the hon. Member needs to reread the Bill on the scope of the provisions, frankly, because...

I join the Home Secretary and the shadow Home Secretary in sending my condolences to Sarah Everar...

I can confirm that the Scottish National party will be voting against this Bill tomorrow. That is...

This is a significant and large Bill, and it warrants serious scrutiny. It therefore deserves bet...

I call the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee, Yvette Cooper.

7.14 pm

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

It is a privilege to be called so early in this extremely important debate. As always, it is a pl...

After the next speaker, the time limit will be reduced to three minutes.

7.23 pm

I very much agree with what the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (James Gray) said. The terrible o...

There is much in the Bill that I agree with, and much of that was set out by the Home Secretary i...

I do not think that is entirely likely to occur.

7.29 pm

Ask almost anyone involved in the criminal justice system for their priorities, and they will not...

Unlike the hon. Member for Hammersmith (Andy Slaughter), those of us who represent rural or semi-...

In September 2018, my constituent, Jackie Wileman, was tragically killed by four known criminals ...

In the short time available, I will limit myself slightly. The Opposition’s position is somewhat ...

I agree with my right hon. Friend—it is a big issue for my constituents and I am glad he has brou...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend.

There have been reports of a huge, 250% increase in dog-th...

The Bill is a missed opportunity. I support some measures, such as those on the police covenant, ...

I strongly support the points about pet theft made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingfo...

I start by offering my deepest condolences to the friends and family of Sarah Everard. May her so...

Order. I am afraid the hon. Lady has significantly exceeded her time limit. She will have another...

There is much that I welcome in the Bill, in particular that the Government have adopted recommen...

My hon. Friend speaks very eloquently about sexual violence against women and we would like to he...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend.

In the last week, a new conversation has crystallised abou...

Saturday night saw a peaceful vigil highlighting violence against women ending in scenes of women...

I want to concentrate on the provisions of part 4 of the Bill, which deal with the long-standing ...

I am particularly pleased to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Rayleigh and Wickford (Mr...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will.

Does my hon. Friend not agree that this is the age-old clash between rights and responsibilities?...

My right hon. Friend makes a very good point. What used to happen until recently was that people ...

I welcome parts of this Bill, but there are glaring omissions, especially around violence against...

The appalling events of recent days have caused great anger and anxiety. My inbox has many emails...

This is a Trojan horse Bill, and the Home Secretary is Sinon at the gates of Troy saying, “I’m th...

Order. I was so carried away with the hon. Gentleman’s rhetoric that I did not notice he had exce...

I welcome the Bill, which seeks to inject fairness into the criminal justice system and rights ma...

The last few weeks have been incredibly difficult for women across the country. Sarah Everard’s d...

Now then, no one should feel unsafe in our country, and this Bill will be of great comfort to law...

We will try to get back to some sense of reality after the nonsense we have just heard.

Thi...

This is a substantial and impressive Bill. Many of the policies in it predate the 2019 general el...

Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this incredible important and timely deb...

Order. I am afraid we must leave it there.

8.33 pm

I welcome the Bill and the extensive improvements that it will make to the justice and policing s...

I confess that I feel saddened and ashamed nearly every year when we come to International Women’...

I was discussing the Bill with a constituent over the weekend, when, bizarrely, she asked me whet...

The Government published this blockbuster omnibus Bill last week and rushed it through to the Com...

This Bill delivers on the manifesto commitments on which the people of Stoke-on-Trent North, Kids...

I have looked at what this rushed and punitive Bill will do for Wales, and I have found it wantin...

During this pandemic, the Government have handed enormous powers to the police to enforce lockdow...

Kate was dead on time, and I will now be strict as far as the time limit is concerned. Please do ...

Three minutes is limited, so I will focus on one core aspect of the Bill. I got my first taste of...

Tonight, I pay my respects to the life of Sarah Everard. As she grew up in York, her loss is deep...

The right to take non-violent individual and collective action is fundamental to the functioning ...

I am glad to be speaking about this eagerly awaited Bill because of its importance for the reside...

The scenes at Clapham common this weekend exposed a disgraceful abuse of power by the Metropolita...

The first duty of any Government must be to protect the public and keep local communities safe. I...

Like so many others, I was shocked and appalled by the events on Clapham common on Saturday night...

I would like to start by paying tribute to Sarah Everard, and my thoughts are with her loved ones...

I pay tribute to Staffordshire police for their hard work and professionalism throughout covid. L...

Can I first say, on using women as a reason to vote against the Bill, that I spoke about my own p...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Hyndburn (Sara Britcliffe).

In the...

I join the Home Secretary and colleagues in sending my condolences to the friends and family of S...

The first duty of any Government is to keep people safe. Although recent events have been shockin...

This is an extremely wide-ranging Bill. I have raised in the House a number of times the reform o...

I welcome this Bill, which fulfils manifesto promises on which I was elected and demonstrates thi...

May I, first, associate myself with the sympathy expressed by my right hon. Friend the Home Secre...

Freedom of assembly and of expression are fundamental rights that are hard-fought and hard-won bu...

I will have no hesitation in supporting the Bill when it comes to a vote tomorrow, because it del...

Many constituents have shared their frustrations with me over the issue of illegal encampments. A...

Please may I too send my deepest sympathies to Sarah Everard’s family and friends? Also, I refer ...

It is a pleasure to be back here physically to speak.

A Government’s first duty is always t...

Since 2009, the armed forces’ next of kin have been given the Elizabeth Cross if a family member ...

I prepared a one-minute speech, but I will try to stretch it to two minutes. The constituents of ...