"Does the hon. Gentleman further agree that part of the problem in defining this on a pan-European basis is that we have completely different definitions of what constitutes a crime and what sentencing should be applied? Therefore, trying to apply a blanket ban on a cross-border basis is inane...." Claire Perry - View Speech
"Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I did not expect to be called so soon.
I am of course not a lawyer, so I speak, I hope, the language of common sense. I share the concern of my hon. Friend the Member for Meon Valley (George Hollingbery) that the motion conflates …..." Claire Perry - View Speech
"Can the Attorney-General help the House understand by what mechanism the European Court’s judgment and—rather more unpalatably —the award of compensation to a convicted axe murderer could be enforced in this country?..." Claire Perry - View Speech