Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Sep 2018
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"I welcome the Attorney General to his role and wish him well.
An essential part of our action against economic crime is tough action internationally, including a public register of beneficial ownership of companies based in the overseas territories, yet in a debate on 1 May, the Attorney General spoke …..."Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 06 Sep 2018
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"I am always sorry to disappoint, but I have to say to the Attorney General that I have read Hansard very thoroughly and the numerous interventions he made about that. I was disappointed with the main thrust of his answer. If the Government are serious about transparency of our overseas …..."Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jun 2018
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"I declare an interest as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on industrial heritage. I thank the Minister for meeting me to discuss our recent report. Does he agree that our museums need to give greater attention to the Royal Ordnance munitions factories in world war two, where so many …..."Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jun 2018
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"Public legal education is important for confidence in our criminal justice system, but failures in disclosure clearly undermine that confidence. Of the 3,637 cases that have been reviewed, disclosure concerns have been found in 47. How confident is the Solicitor General that there are not disclosure concerns in tens of …..."Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 21 Jun 2018
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"The Solicitor General talks about being ahead of the curve but, of course, there were warnings about disclosure two years ago. In July 2017, the “Making it Fair” report by the CPS inspectorate and Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary found that police scheduling was “routinely poor” and that there were …..."Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
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"I declare an interest as chair of the all-party group on industrial heritage. That group has recently published a report on how best to utilise our industrial heritage for the economy of the future. Will the Minister meet me to discuss its many recommendations?..."Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
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"Despite the fact that, as we know, far too many victims of domestic violence still do not come forward, the violence against women and girls crime report shows that the overall volume of domestic violence prosecutions fell from 100,913 in 2016 to 93,519 in 2017. Does the Attorney General expect …..."Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 10 May 2018
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"The Attorney General is right to refer to referrals, but it is important that we do all that we can to ensure that the criminal justice system supports victims. If the figure does not rise in 2018, will he undertake to look again at the domestic abuse guidelines for prosecutors …..."Nick Thomas-Symonds - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 27th April 2018
Asked by:
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department has plans to make an assessment of the effect of participation in National Citizen Service on the level of young people taking part in youth full-time social action.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
The NCS Trust’s online Opportunity Hub matches young people who have graduated from the NCS programme to further opportunities, including full time social action opportunities.
DCMS is carefully considering the recommendations made by the recently published independent Review of Full Time Social Action by Young People and will respond in due course.
Written Question
Friday 27th April 2018
Asked by:
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Labour - Torfaen)
Question
to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Independent review of Full-Time Social Action, published in January 2018, what plans his Department has to establish a Ministerial group on youth full-time social action.
Answered by Tracey Crouch
We are considering the recommendations in the Full Time Social Action Review’s report, including the recommendation regarding the establishment of a ministerial group. The Government Response to the Review’s report will be published in due course.