Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

I understand that the hon. Member for Stockton South (Matt Vickers) does not wish to press new cl...

Having received commitments from the Government that they will bring forward measures to tackle t...

We come to group two. After I have called the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Pe...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to consider the following:

New clause 4—Definition of “issu...

New clause 3 would deal with a problem that the Government have acknowledged: that on the questio...

We now go to the Chair of the Justice Committee, Sir Robert Neill, and the four-minute time limit...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. and learned Member for Camberwell and Peckham (Ms Harma...

It is a pleasure to follow the Chair of the Select Committee.

This Bill presented the Gover...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will just make some progress, if I may.

I think most people would be appalled to learn th...

I wonder if the shadow Secretary of State has forgotten that when he was a Minister in the Depart...

I think the right hon. Gentleman is misreading what we did in office. The point is that today, he...

It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy), particularly as he ref...

Of course I share my right hon. Friend’s sentiment, but I was a bit concerned when I read his new...

That may be the case, but the reality is that, by law, dogs must be microchipped. It makes no sen...

My right hon. Friend is championing a noble cause that many of us feel very strongly about. Has h...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. The truth is that I have had a lot of discussi...

I want to back up my right hon. Friend, having put my name to these amendments. The reason that t...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He is right, and that is the point I was trying to ...

Order. I have absolutely no problem with interventions, but it may be that we can get everybody i...

Politics is about values. It always has been, actually, but in the modern age too many politician...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hay...

This is a Bill that shows us that the Government have yet to understand the value of debate and d...

In my time as an MP, I have worked with too many victims and survivors who have been utterly let ...

In our home, pets are not property; they are members of the family. There is Geoffrey the tortois...

I wish to speak to new clauses 20 and 21 in my name, which refer to specific penalties for two ro...

Keeping people safe and secure is a priority for any Government, particularly this one. That is w...

The Government say that this Bill will empower the police and courts to take more action against ...

I will speak briefly to new clause 98 on pet theft, but let me first say in general terms that I ...

New clause 19 would require the Government to issue impact assessments on the Bill’s effect on de...

I would like to speak to new clause 54 relating to equality impact assessments. Today, I will rai...

I am pleased to make a contribution on this very long, complex and deeply important Bill. Obvious...

With apologies to the hon. Member for Leicester East (Claudia Webbe), who is about to speak, I am...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am gravely concerned by this legislation, which, frankly, woul...

I am very pleased to speak to new clause 18 in the name of the hon. Member for Oldham East and Sa...

May I reassure my hon. Friend that we are conducting a review into this issue and will report by ...

I am grateful for that contribution, but I am like a dog with a bone on this issue, because I do ...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate, particularly having served on the Bill Committee. Law a...

I rise to speak to new clauses 89 and 97. Having spent 16 years in the criminal courts, I speak w...

As somebody who has worked in this joined-up or not so joined-up system, may I ask the hon. Gentl...

I am very glad that the hon. Lady raises that issue. When the Director of Public Prosecutions gav...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No, I will not.

I am rather curious. We have heard comments from Opposition Members that th...

Not against rape sentences.

I have been absolutely amazed by the comments of some Opposition Members that deterrent sentences...

What about rape—

Order. Please do not shout.

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

No.

I support the Bill. I congratulate my right hon. and learned Friend and thank him for b...

I am delighted to speak in this debate and to speak in favour of new clause 17, which is tabled i...

Other hon. Members have spoken eloquently about some of the amendments and new clauses that I str...

I want to address new clause 76, which offers the Government an opportunity to save lives. I am s...

I welcome the Government’s recognition that we are facing a crisis in policing, the criminal just...

It is something of a surprise to me that, as a great many people have suddenly removed their name...

The debate today has been stimulating and thought-provoking as Report stage merits. I would, howe...

Will my right hon. and learned Friend confirm his commitment to bring forward measures in the Bil...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend and I look forward to working with him and other colleagues on br...

Just by happenstance, I wrote to the Justice Secretary this morning on this exact matter. Could h...

The hon. Lady would be interested to see the note that I have here—it says, “Remember the familie...

I beg to ask leave to withdraw the clause.

Clause, by leave, withdrawn.

9 pm

Pr...

Order. Before I call the Home Secretary, it is obvious that there is very little time left for th...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

The Bill delivers on our promise t...

I thank the Bill team, the Clerks and House staff and the Library staff for facilitating debate i...

Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

I will not, because we are very short of time. Media reports even suggest that the National Polic...

This is an important Bill, and this debate is a reminder that an effective criminal justice syste...

I was disappointed that 44 of the 66 speakers did not get in on Second Reading, and particularly ...

This Bill is so pernicious in parts that it chillingly removes some of our most precious freedoms...

It is fair to say that in this Parliament the Government have a strong majority, but they need to...

I support all the comments that my right hon. Friend the Member for Torfaen (Nick Thomas-Symonds)...

Having served on the Bill Committee for this landmark legislation, I wholeheartedly support how t...

I will now suspend the House for two minutes to make arrangements for the next item of business.<...