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Donate to our crowdfunderLouise Haigh: May I, too, say many happy returns to the Minister and apologise for dragging her to the Dispatch Box for the second time this week? I am sure that she and you, Mr Speaker, will be pleased that there are no more sitting days left this week for me to pester you in. May I also add my thoughts to those expressed on this anniversary of the death of PC Keith Palmer? Not a day goes by when I enter...
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Louise Haigh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the emergency summit on knife crime announced on 6 March will take place.
Louise Haigh: Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. Over two weeks ago at Prime Minister’s questions, the Prime Minister said that she would be hosting an emergency summit in Downing Street on knife crime “in the coming days”. As far as I am aware, no invitations have gone out and no summit has been held. Have you been given any indication of a statement to the House about the Prime...
Louise Haigh: In a recent answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Richard Burden), a Minister of State at the Foreign Office told him that the UK Government did not normally disclose how they intend to vote ahead of United Nations Human Rights Council meetings. However, this morning, writing in the Jewish Chronicle, the Foreign Secretary has confirmed that they intend to vote...
Louise Haigh: (Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a statement on criminal records disclosure for victims of child sexual exploitation.
Louise Haigh: Thank you for granting this urgent question, Mr Speaker. Just before Christmas, you welcomed Sammy Woodhouse to this Parliament. You, the Leader of the Opposition, the Prime Minister and the leader of the SNP all praised her bravery in speaking out and waiving her anonymity in order to protect other victims and survivors of child sexual exploitation. In that instance, we discussed CSE...
Louise Haigh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department last surveyed the characteristics of children and young people involved in crime.
Louise Haigh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department last made an assessment of the effect of poverty on youth crime.
Louise Haigh: My constituent has a connective tissue disorder that has left her bedbound for three months because she regularly dislocates her joints. Despite evidence from her GP and chiropractor, the Centre for Disability and Health Assessments has refused a home assessment because she takes taxis to her GP appointments. Does the Secretary of State think that decision is fair? If not, will she look into...
Louise Haigh: Although any extra money for the police is welcome, officers will be looking on in horror to find that it is due only on overtime as they are so overstretched already. We know that the Chancellor has said that they should be reprioritising, but does he agree with the right hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) that they should be deprioritising spending on historical...
Louise Haigh: The Offensive Weapons Bill bans the online sale of offensive weapons to residential addresses, but it has revealed a significant gap in the legislation around the sale of offensive weapons on platforms. Will the Secretary of State address that gap in the upcoming White Paper?
Louise Haigh: Does the Solicitor General agree with the Chancellor that, rather than new money being spent, knife crime and serious and organised crime should simply be prioritised? If he does, which area does he think should be de-prioritised?
Louise Haigh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has had discussions with the National Police Co-ordination Centre on the circumstances in which military assistance will be required to support policing operations in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal; and if he will make a statement.
Louise Haigh: Fresh in the minds of those of us who feel scepticism about the commitments made by the Secretary of State and the Prime Minister will be the fact that his party, in coalition with the Liberal Democrats, introduced employment tribunal fees, which were ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court, largely because of their hugely disproportionate impact on women bringing cases on maternity...
Louise Haigh: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many supported internships are available in each local authority.
Louise Haigh: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he expects to be able to provide an answer to Questions (a) 188127, (b) 188204, (c) 186385, (d) 186388, (e) 185648 and (f) 180819, tabled by the hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley.
Louise Haigh: (Urgent Question): To ask the Home Secretary if he will make a statement on knife crime.