Speech in Public Bill Committees - Thu 09 Jun 2022
Public Order Bill (Second sitting)
"Q You would like to think that our civil liberties protections were a bit better than those in Belarus, but the ban there is only for a year, rather than five.
Olly Sprague: Yes...."Kerry McCarthy - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 May 2022
Preventing Crime and Delivering Justice
"What the hon. Member for Peterborough (Paul Bristow) said was very revealing, because he actually put on the record that most of this package of legislation is about party political advantage, posturing, setting up straw men and trying to create divisions that do not really exist, rather than trying to …..."Kerry McCarthy - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 May 2022
Preventing Crime and Delivering Justice
"No, I did not say that at all. What I am saying is I think the reason the Government are bringing forward that legislation is suspect and I am not convinced that the police need these powers. I ask the Government to prove as the Bill passes through the House …..."Kerry McCarthy - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 May 2022
Preventing Crime and Delivering Justice
"I entirely agree: Channel 4 is doing a brilliant job and is financially viable, and there is absolutely no reason to seek to privatise it.
The long overdue Online Safety Bill received its Second Reading in the last Session. It is good that fraud is included; many of us will …..."Kerry McCarthy - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 May 2022
Preventing Crime and Delivering Justice
"I am thankful for the right hon. Gentleman’s support for the animal welfare measures. Given that I have already spoken for rather longer than I intended to, I do not think I can unpick the Northern Ireland protocol today, but—[Interruption.] Well, there are not many Tories here, …..."Kerry McCarthy - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 21st April 2022
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her timeframe is for publishing the findings of the review into potential gaps in the law in respect of public sexual harassment, as set out in the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy in July 2021.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Sexual harassment in public places is an appalling practice, which this Government is committed to tackling. Women and girls have the right to both be and feel safe on our streets.
As set out in the Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy, published last July, we have been looking carefully at where there may be gaps in existing law and how a specific offence for public sexual harassment could address those.
As a result of this work, last month we announced that by the summer recess we would launch a public consultation on whether there should be a new offence of public sexual harassment.
In the VAWG Strategy we also committed to non-legislative actions to help tackle this issue. Following this, in December the College of Policing published a new advice product for police officers, advising them about the preventative strategies and criminal offences which they can use to respond to reports of various different types of public sexual harassment, and the Crown Prosecution Service will soon be publishing an updated version of its legal guidance on public order offences, to include specific material on public sexual harassment.
In addition, on 1 March the Home Office launched the ‘Enough’ communications campaign, which seeks to change public attitudes and tolerance towards crimes such as public sexual harassment and help create an atmosphere in which women and girls can report such crimes to the police with confidence.
Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 28 Mar 2022
Support for Black Victims of Domestic Abuse
"Will the Department also look at suicide rates and whether there is a connection to them? We know that in some cases violence in relationships ends up with women taking their own lives. I do not think that that is documented, but will it form part of the strategy, because …..."Kerry McCarthy - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 16th December 2021
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the numbers of visas (a) applied for and (b) granted for (i) HGV and (ii) poultry workers given that the application windows for those worker visas closed on 2 December 2021 and 16 November 2021 respectively.
Answered by Kevin Foster
I refer the Honourable Member to the response given in another place to Lord Berkeley on 30 November, UIN HL3979.
Written Question
Wednesday 8th December 2021
Asked by:
Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 5,000 temporary visas for overseas heavy goods vehicle drivers made available in September 2021 have been issued to date.
Answered by Kevin Foster
I refer the Honourable Member to the response given in the other place to Lord Berkeley on 30 November 2021, UIN HL3979.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Dec 2021
Support for Offenders’ Families
"I am pleased that the right hon. Gentleman has secured this debate, and I hope he got my email earlier.
Over the summer I visited the excellent project Children Heard and Seen, which is campaigning for prisoners’ families. I met a woman who, along with her children, had basically been …..."Kerry McCarthy - View Speech
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