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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 16 March 2021, in the House of Commons, led by Clive Lewis. The answering member was Robert Buckland.
Second reading debate resumed. Reasoned amendment proposed. Motion that the amendment be made. Negatived on division (225 to 359). Main question agreed to on division (359 to 263). Programme motion relating to proceedings in Public Bill Committee, on consideration and third reading. Agreed to on question. Money resolution. Queen's recommendation signified. Agreed to on question. Ways and means resolution. Agreed to on question. Carry over motion. Agreed to on question. Sitting suspended

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

691 cc197-277 

Session

2019-21

Department

Ministry of Justice

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill 2019-21
Tuesday, 9 March 2021
Bills
House of Commons
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
Monday, 15 March 2021
Parliamentary proceedings
House of Commons

Proceeding contributions

Nigel Evans | 691 c198 (Link to this contribution)

Before we resume the debate, I want to remind the House of what was said yesterday regarding the ...

Clive Lewis | 691 cc198-9 (Link to this contribution)

How often have we heard the notion that somehow liberty is an integral part of the English charac...


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Sajid Javid | 691 cc199-200 (Link to this contribution)

May I start by joining colleagues in expressing my condolences to the friends and family of Sarah...

Allan Dorans | 691 cc200-1 (Link to this contribution)

I join others across the House in extending my sincere condolences to the family and friends and ...

Nigel Evans | 691 c201 (Link to this contribution)

The clock has not been started, because I did not want to eat into your time, Tracey, but I want ...

Tracey Crouch | 691 cc201-2 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you for your kind words, Mr Deputy Speaker. Time is exceptionally limited, so I shall keep ...

Jon Trickett | 691 c202 (Link to this contribution)

I join others in expressing my condolences. This Bill continues the authoritarian drift of this G...

Alex Sobel | 691 c202 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend and I have organised and been on many peaceful protests together. The measures in ...

Jon Trickett | 691 cc202-3 (Link to this contribution)

I have indeed worked many times with my hon. Friend on all kinds of activities. What the Governme...

Caroline Johnson | 691 cc203-4 (Link to this contribution)

The first duty of any Government is to protect members of the public from harm, and I welcome the...

Rupa Huq | 691 cc204-5 (Link to this contribution)

This monster of a Bill includes the word “women” zero times in 295 pages, yet statutes, war memor...

Nigel Evans | 691 c205 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I am terribly sorry; we have to move on.

3.21 pm

Pauline Latham | 691 c205 (Link to this contribution)

Given the recent focus on violence against women and the fact that the coronavirus pandemic has i...

Nigel Evans | 691 c205 (Link to this contribution)

I should just like to remind those who are on the call list but who, for whatever reason, are una...

Diana Johnson | 691 cc205-6 (Link to this contribution)

This Bill has provisions that I support, including whole-life orders for premeditated child murde...

Lord Mackinlay of Richborough | 691 cc206-7 (Link to this contribution)

What a rare treat to be able to speak in the Chamber.

One of my colleagues said earlier tha...

Paul Beresford | 691 cc207-8 (Link to this contribution)

This is a broad and significant Bill. There are many areas that I would like to discuss, but I ha...

Gavin Robinson | 691 cc208-9 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to be called in this debate. I wish to place on record my thanks to the Under-Secre...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 691 c209 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you. We now go by video link to Dame Angela Eagle.

3.36 pm

Angela Eagle | 691 cc209-210 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. This is a huge portmanteau Bill. It contains proposals that I wo...

Gagan Mohindra | 691 cc210-1 (Link to this contribution)

I will be supporting this important piece of legislation, which delivers on our manifesto pledge....

Martin Docherty-Hughes | 691 c211 (Link to this contribution)

On the day the Parliament of Scotland seeks to place the United Nations convention on the rights ...

Simon Clarke | 691 cc211-2 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to speak in this important debate and to support this vital legislation. At the ...

Stella Creasy | 691 cc212-3 (Link to this contribution)

In any legislation, any of us on any of these Benches can always find some good, and this legisla...

Cherilyn Mackrory | 691 cc213-4 (Link to this contribution)

There is so much to say in such a short time. First and foremost, I wish to thank the brilliant o...

Maria Eagle | 691 cc214-5 (Link to this contribution)

This 300-page incoherent mish-mash of a Bill contains some truly odious measures, and I have time...

Laura Trott | 691 cc215-6 (Link to this contribution)

First, I want to join in the sympathies and prayers expressed by Members from across the House to...

Richard Burgon | 691 cc216-7 (Link to this contribution)

This is a dangerous Bill in many ways, both in what it contains and in what it omits, including i...

Edward Timpson | 691 cc217-8 (Link to this contribution)

On a sunny spring morning early on a Saturday in 2017, weeks away from the general election, I wa...

Marie Rimmer | 691 c218 (Link to this contribution)

First, may I pay my respects to the loved ones of Sarah Everard? My thoughts and prayers are with...

Virginia Crosbie | 691 cc218-9 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to speak in this important debate. I, too, would like to extend my deepest cond...

Bell Ribeiro-Addy | 691 cc219-220 (Link to this contribution)

The Government admit that there is a crisis in policing, the criminal justice system and courts, ...

Ruth Edwards | 691 cc220-1 (Link to this contribution)

In the last three years, there have been 1,329 assaults against emergency services workers in Not...

Geraint Davies | 691 c221 (Link to this contribution)

Our hearts are with the family and friends of Sarah Everard, and our thoughts with those who gath...

James Wild | 691 cc221-2 (Link to this contribution)

The Bill delivers on our manifesto commitments to tackle crime. Let me start with protection for ...

Jeff Smith | 691 cc222-3 (Link to this contribution)

What a shame that the Government have chosen to turn a piece of legislation that we could have al...

Nadia Whittome | 691 cc223-4 (Link to this contribution)

There is so much wrong with the Bill that three minutes could not possibly cover it. It marks a d...

Matt Vickers | 691 c224 (Link to this contribution)

I was elected to represent the people of Stockton South on a manifesto that pledged to get tough ...

Alex Cunningham | 691 c224 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to my next-door neighbour in Stockton for giving way. We have the third-most seriou...

Matt Vickers | 691 cc224-5 (Link to this contribution)

Today the hon. Gentleman has the chance to be on the side of the emergency workers, those brave m...

Clive Efford | 691 c225 (Link to this contribution)

There is much in the Bill to be welcomed, but there is an attempt to mislead the public—to accuse...

Rob Roberts | 691 cc225-6 (Link to this contribution)

I will do my best to contain my remarks to the actual content of the Bill. The Government were el...

Carla Lockhart | 691 cc226-7 (Link to this contribution)

I commend all those who have been involved in bringing the Bill before the House. It has much mer...

Anthony Mangnall | 691 cc227-8 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate. Of course, it is somewhat disappointing to hear the Opp...

Sarah Owen | 691 cc228-9 (Link to this contribution)

Much of what has been said about the Bill goes to show just how divisive it is. Rather than seeki...

Danny Kruger | 691 cc229-230 (Link to this contribution)

I am delighted to speak in support of this Bill. I particularly welcome the balance it strikes on...

Tonia Antoniazzi | 691 cc230-1 (Link to this contribution)

As we have heard through this debate, the right to demonstrate peacefully underpins democracy; pe...

Nickie Aiken | 691 cc231-2 (Link to this contribution)

There is much to welcome in this far-reaching Bill, with tougher sentences for violent crime, for...

Ian Byrne | 691 c232 (Link to this contribution)

I will be voting against this Bill: it is a pernicious piece of legislation and it must be stoppe...

Sally-Ann Hart | 691 cc232-3 (Link to this contribution)

Despite events in London over the weekend, I would like to thank our police forces throughout the...

Lilian Greenwood | 691 cc233-4 (Link to this contribution)

I would like to begin by echoing the comments of my hon. and right hon. Friends yesterday and tod...

James Murray | 691 cc234-5 (Link to this contribution)

The need to protect women and girls from violence and the importance of protecting our fundamenta...

David Amess | 691 cc235-6 (Link to this contribution)

The Second Reading of a Bill is, for me, about the principle of the legislation. As a candidate a...

Mick Whitley | 691 cc236-7 (Link to this contribution)

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

Jerome Mayhew | 691 c237 (Link to this contribution)

This Bill works to ensure that the criminal justice system continues to reflect the views of soci...

Joanna Cherry | 691 cc237-8 (Link to this contribution)

During the pandemic, our civil liberties have been curtailed in a way that was previously unimagi...

Jo Gideon | 691 cc238-9 (Link to this contribution)

This is a thorough, ambitious and necessary Bill. Ministers know that the public expect those in ...

Kerry McCarthy | 691 cc239-240 (Link to this contribution)

I want to start by remembering Sarah Everard and all women who have died at the hands of violent ...

Stephen Farry | 691 cc240-1 (Link to this contribution)

This legislation marks an undermining of human rights and civil liberties. It represents a slide ...

Jacob Young | 691 cc241-2 (Link to this contribution)

My constituents have waited a long time for the justice system to feel like it is putting victims...

Rebecca Long Bailey | 691 cc242-3 (Link to this contribution)

Many of the rights we enjoy today were won not because of politicians with great ideas, but becau...

Kieran Mullan | 691 cc243-4 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome measures in the Bill that will help to ensure that our justice system better reflects w...

Beth Winter | 691 cc244-5 (Link to this contribution)

The Secretary of State no doubt thought that she could rush this Bill through Parliament, groupin...

Richard Graham | 691 cc245-6 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you for calling me to speak in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. Anyone listening outside ...

Caroline Lucas | 691 cc246-7 (Link to this contribution)

This Bill is a disgrace. It is dangerous, undemocratic and disproportionate.

It is dangerou...

Huw Merriman | 691 cc247-8 (Link to this contribution)

I have a very different view from the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas), my nea...

John McDonnell | 691 c248 (Link to this contribution)

Harold Laski, professor at the London School of Economics and chair of the Labour party in the At...

Ben Everitt | 691 cc248-9 (Link to this contribution)

I associate myself with the heartfelt and genuine comments from Members of all parties about the ...

Catherine West | 691 cc249-250 (Link to this contribution)

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Milton Keynes North (Ben Everitt), although I am a...

Stephen Doughty | 691 cc250-1 (Link to this contribution)

I will not support the Bill tonight. I have been contacted by many constituents over the past few...

David Simmonds | 691 cc251-2 (Link to this contribution)

All Governments come to power seeking to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour, and it is clear t...

Wes Streeting | 691 c252 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to deal with the absolute brass neck that we have heard from the Government Benches during...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 691 c252 (Link to this contribution)

Order. We have not had heckling here for a very long time. Now, behave!

Wes Streeting | 691 cc252-3 (Link to this contribution)

They do not like it: Government Members do not like being confronted with their record. That is w...

John Hayes | 691 c253 (Link to this contribution)

When the Home Secretary said that she wanted criminals to “feel terror” at the thought of committ...

Olivia Blake | 691 cc253-4 (Link to this contribution)

First, I would like to offer my condolences to Sarah Everard’s family and friends. My thoughts ar...

James Daly | 691 cc254-5 (Link to this contribution)

The right to protest peacefully in this country is enshrined in article 11 of the European conven...

Christian Wakeford | 691 cc255-6 (Link to this contribution)

I stand proud to support this Bill today. There are many good measures in it; in fact, we have ev...

Emma Hardy | 691 cc256-7 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend the Member for Wallasey (Dame Angela Eagle) summarised the Bill perfectly: it cont...

David Johnston | 691 c257 (Link to this contribution)

There is lots to welcome in this Bill, but I want to focus on the issue that it covers on which I...

David Lammy | 691 cc257-9 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “That” to the end of the Question and add:

“t...

David Lammy | 691 c259 (Link to this contribution)

I will not give way for the moment.

When the suffragettes marched for the right to vote, so...

Shaun Bailey | 691 c259 (Link to this contribution)

When the Opposition vote against this Bill tonight, does the right hon. Gentleman not think that ...

David Lammy | 691 cc259-261 (Link to this contribution)

I know that the hon. Gentleman is just getting started, but the party that introduced whole life ...

Richard Graham | 691 c261 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman mentioned stalking twice. It is worth remembering that in the Government...

David Lammy | 691 c261 (Link to this contribution)

Given all that has been said by women over the past few days, with the street harassment and stal...

Robert Buckland | 691 cc261-3 (Link to this contribution)

As the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) said, it is an honour to close this debate and ...

David Lammy | 691 c263 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Buckland | 691 c263 (Link to this contribution)

No, I will not give way to the right hon. Gentleman. I do not think I can do justice to the numbe...

David Lammy | 691 c263 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Buckland | 691 c263 (Link to this contribution)

No, I will not give way.

Opposition Members are concocting synthetic arguments in objection...

David Lammy | 691 c263 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Buckland | 691 c263 (Link to this contribution)

No, I will not give way.

In this Bill, we are making sure that those who commit offences su...

Nick Thomas-Symonds | 691 c263 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Buckland | 691 cc263-4 (Link to this contribution)

No, I will not give way. I will explain what is going on, and then I will let the right hon. Gent...

Nick Thomas-Symonds | 691 c264 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. Last year, the Government spoke about add...

Robert Buckland | 691 c264 (Link to this contribution)

It is a very nice try from the right hon. Gentleman, for whom I have the utmost respect, but it d...

Peter Kyle | 691 c264 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Robert Buckland | 691 c264 (Link to this contribution)

No, I am not going to give way.

Much has been said about the excellent campaigns run by Lab...

Robert Buckland | 691 cc264-5 (Link to this contribution)

They don’t like it when the truth is explained to them. They think that they have the moral high ...

Wes Streeting | 691 c266 (Link to this contribution)

I asked whether the Lord Chancellor could explain to my community why someone who was in a positi...

Robert Buckland | 691 c266 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman knows that matters dealt with in court are matters for the independent judicia...

Peter Kyle | 691 c266 (Link to this contribution)

Will the Lord Chancellor give way?

Robert Buckland | 691 c266 (Link to this contribution)

Not at the moment.

I am particularly pleased to thank my hon. Friend the Member for North W...

Steve Baker | 691 c266 (Link to this contribution)

The pages of the Bucks Free Press attest to the sheer scale of the costs to our green spaces and ...

Robert Buckland | 691 cc266-7 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend puts it very well. This is all about balancing the rights of Traveller communities...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 691 c267 (Link to this contribution)

Order. We require social distancing in the Chamber at all times, please.

Question put, That...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 691 c277 (Link to this contribution)

I will now briefly suspend the House for three minutes so that arrangements can be made and peopl...

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