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Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Young Reoffenders (10 Nov 2009) has video

David Burrowes: Does spending two thirds of the youth justice budget on putting young offenders in custody when two thirds of young offenders come out and commit another offence represent good value for money, or could local authorities with a devolved budget do better?

Cyprus (10 Nov 2009)

David Burrowes: It is a pleasure to take part in the debate, and I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) for securing it. I welcome the new Minister for Europe to the debate. We have had a change of envoy and several Europe Ministers in a short period, which has not necessarily helped with our focus on the Cyprus issue, but I welcome the fact that the Minister, like previous Ministers, is...

Cyprus (10 Nov 2009)

David Burrowes: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. On a cross-party basis, we very much share the concern that a solution should be reached for Cyprus. The amount of talking is increasing, but it is important that we see real confidence building. We talk about it a lot, but we need a real result. Confidence can come about only through dialogue and access. I mentioned in an...

Cyprus (10 Nov 2009)

David Burrowes: My hon. Friend has made her point about the division clearly. That division is nowhere clearer than in Nicosia itself—a divided capital. Is it not unacceptable that there should be that division in a European state? We have been commemorating the reunification of European capitals; is not reunification something that should happen in this context?

Cyprus (10 Nov 2009)

David Burrowes: I thank the hon. Gentleman for securing this annual debate, in which I welcome the opportunity to participate. Does he share my concern that those euros should also be spent on restoring the cultural and religious heritage, which has been ignored or decimated in many places? Would he also like to pick up on, as he did last year, the visit that he and I made in relation to the four Maronite...

Sri Lanka (IDP Camps) — [Dr. William McCrea in the Chair] (28 Oct 2009)

David Burrowes: Will the Minister give way?

Sri Lanka (IDP Camps) — [Dr. William McCrea in the Chair] (28 Oct 2009)

David Burrowes: I pay tribute to my hon. Friend and his long-standing campaign on behalf of the Tamil community and on the importance of respect for human rights. A cross-party campaign has existed for some years both inside and outside the House, and I pay tribute to Rachel Joyce, Andy Charalambous and others. The Foreign Secretary said that this was a war without witness, but the danger now is that any...

Sri Lanka (IDP Camps) — [Dr. William McCrea in the Chair] (28 Oct 2009)

David Burrowes: I thank the right hon. Lady for giving way, and I apologise for not being here at the start of her speech. It was due to commitments that I had with an all-party group. The right hon. Lady is speaking about the Sri Lankan Government honouring their commitments. Will she say how important it is that they do not simply shift their goals from 180 days to the end of the year, with only 100,000...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (26 Oct 2009) has video

David Burrowes: If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (26 Oct 2009) has video

David Burrowes: Will the Home Secretary assure my constituent, Gary McKinnon, who has attracted considerable public interest, that he is carefully considering the compelling new medical evidence on the impact of the extradition proceedings on my constituent's Asperger's syndrome? Will he in any event defer the execution of the extradition order until after the Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry on 10...

Prisoner Release Decisions (20 Oct 2009)

David Burrowes: It is a pleasure to take part in this timely debate. I congratulate the hon. Member for Broxtowe (Dr. Palmer) on introducing this issue, which it is important for Parliament to deal with. I also congratulate him on not being unduly drawn into the high-profile al-Megrahi case, which is plainly not within the jurisdiction of this Parliament or the Government. It is important to focus, as the...

Prisoner Release Decisions (20 Oct 2009)

David Burrowes: That is a good point, particularly in connection with early release on compassionate grounds. In relation to the Parole Board's consideration of such matters, I understand that a protocol was published last month specifically to clarify victim participation in hearings. The victims can thus be clear about their expectations, knowing that their voice can be heard through statements to be...

Prisoner Release Decisions (20 Oct 2009)

David Burrowes: I hear the point that is being made—that we can characterise the political process as jockeying and point scoring. It does happen, but one cannot apply that caricature wholly to political decisions made about release on compassionate grounds. I agree that such things must be dealt with in a clear and rational manner. I would want to scrutinise those decisions to ensure that they had...

Prisoner Release Decisions (20 Oct 2009)

David Burrowes: As time is running short, I do not want to get into a long debate about the Government's policy in relation to DNA and such like. There are more prisoners on the imprisonment for public protection level who are serving sentences, thus putting pressure on the estate. The Government could have planned for that. The Prime Minister was given the information back in 2002 and could have signed the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Young Offenders (21 Jul 2009) has video

David Burrowes: The Minister will be aware of the commendable plan to establish a young offenders' academy in north-east London. Why did NOMS last month refuse to release relevant financial information that would have helped that plan, despite assurances on disclosure from the Justice Secretary last November? Are the Government deliberately hiding the true cost of youth custody, in order to hide the true...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty (15 Jul 2009)

David Burrowes: I am pleased to follow the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Chris Huhne). I am not a recent convert to the cause of Gary McKinnon: he is my constituent and I have been campaigning for him for three years. I welcome the support for Gary McKinnon from the Liberal Democrats and Members of other parties. Mr. McKinnon's case brings into sharp relief the problems caused by the operation of the...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty (15 Jul 2009)

David Burrowes: It was made in August 2008. Decisions on Gary McKinnon and others in his position are subject to the Secretary of State's discretion and to the European convention on human rights. It is for the Secretary of State to determine whether that discretion should be applied in the case of those with Gary McKinnon's condition. It has been argued that it should be applied in Gary McKinnon's case, as...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty (15 Jul 2009)

David Burrowes: Will the Secretary of State give way?

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty (15 Jul 2009)

David Burrowes: The Home Secretary has been consistent in seeking to rebut the argument that there is imbalance and that the 2003 Act is lopsided, but does he accept the words of the Attorney-General, Baroness Scotland, during the passage of the 2003 Act? She explicitly said: "when we make extradition requests to the United States we shall need to submit sufficient evidence to establish 'probable cause'....

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty (15 Jul 2009)

David Burrowes: The Home Secretary mentioned my constituent, Gary McKinnon. Is it not the case that the public loses confidence when the doors of No. 10 are flung open for petitions to be accepted and tears of concern to be shed for his plight, but at the same time the Government and the Home Secretary have shut the door on considering his vulnerability—he has Asperger's syndrome—and the...