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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2014
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill (Business of the House)

"I recognise the seriousness of the issues covered by the Bill and I understand why the Home Secretary considers it intolerable for us to not address this matter before the House returns from the summer recess in September. However, in considering the timetable motion, we have to consider the other …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2014
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill

"Does my hon. Friend agree that, contrary to remarks from those on the Opposition Front Bench, it is not only the passage of time and the advance of technology that has discredited RIPA?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Jul 2014
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill (Business of the House)

"I recognise the urgency in starting consideration of this Bill, but was the Minister denied a deferment of the summer recess, which would have afforded us more time?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jul 2014
Child Abuse

"I warmly welcome the Home Secretary’s statement. Whatever disagreements we may have, she has always been outspoken in confronting complacency and corruption wherever she finds it. When former public servants give evidence to the inquiry panel, will they be released from any obligations they may have under gagging clauses in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jul 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What steps she has taken to co-ordinate lessons learnt across Government from investigations into organised sexual abuse of children...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jul 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"I appreciate the Minister’s efforts in this regard. When the Prime Minister said in answer to my question last month that he was happy to look at the case for an independent inquiry, I was optimistic. We may not have long to wait now. The Government set great store by …..."
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Written Question
Offences against Children
Monday 30th June 2014

Asked by: Duncan Hames (Liberal Democrat - Chippenham)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers are assigned to (a) Operation Fernbridge and (b) any subsequent related investigations.

Answered by Damian Green

This is an operational matter for the Metropolitan Police Commissioner.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Apr 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"T8. The Government are rightly proud of having ended the shameful practice of child detention for immigration purposes. If those children are ultimately to be detained, is it not incumbent on the Home Office to ensure that their cases have been fully resolved before they turn 18, or, failing that, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Mar 2014
Yarl’s Wood Immigration Centre (Detainee Death)

"I wholeheartedly support the appeal made by my hon. Friend the Member for Enfield, Southgate (Mr Burrowes). How can a Government who are rightly proud to have ended child detention for immigration purposes keep an 18-year-old, who is a star pupil at her school, out of the classroom and in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 10 Mar 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"A successful Wiltshire businesswoman who has created jobs for dozens of local people and paid her fair share of taxes faces her family being wrenched apart on account of her mother being denied leave to remain. How can we ensure that wealth creators—people who create jobs for our constituents —are …..."
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