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While the Leader of the Opposition wants to get into fights over statistics now- this Government recognizes that behind those numbers there are victims. Victims of the crimes themselves, the families and neighbors of victims who might have some spill-over direct effects, and communities that are mad...

Since the Opposition now cares to talk about facts, let's talk about what they get wrong. Violent crime is not on the rise; in fact, Labour's time in office has seen violent crime decreasing and has fallen to levels not seen in almost 10 years. Looking at the Crime Survey for England and Wales- whic...

The Government absolutely believes in the ability of the police to do their jobs and to protect workers, families, and children in their communities. We will support law enforcement officers and agencies with more resources- financial and otherwise- to not only go after predators that would target o...

Madam Speaker, In the timely response from the Right Honourable Member for Eastwood, she lays out one point in favor of continuing to allow prisons to be run by unaccountable stakeholders who do not answer to the public, who do not answer to Parliament; a single statistic relating to the per-place c...

Madam Speaker, There's no evidence that repealing Section 28 will lead to the sort of outcomes that the honourable Member for Woking is suggesting. It would not impact the laws that are in place that serve to protect children from predators, and as this Government has said, those laws will continue ...

Very much this ^. Hope it all goes well for you!

I'm proud to serve in a Government that takes the needs of working men and women in this country seriously, and that includes the comments this from from the Chancellor that the minimum wage will be increased as of this month. Increasing the minimum wage lifts up everyone and provides a true foundat...

Scrapping tuition fees isn't the way when it means that it's replaced by a new Tory tax on working classes- a tax that has no end, no upper limit, no boundaries of any kind. It's important that we have a strong higher education system in this country, and it's important that our higher education sy...

Madam Speaker, I believe the Member might be forgetting his own question. I also don't know how Section 28 would have otherwise have protected children from fictional German writers not employed by a local authority while on vacation in Italy, but I would look forward to hearing the connection. As f...

Madam Speaker, The Member is correct in one respect- the question asked was "what length of time would the Government deem acceptable." My response was that a migrant is required- that is must- demonstrate proficiency in English when they apply for naturalisation. So it is not the "w...