Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Mar 2017
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"The Government really ought to recognise the importance of investing in local authorities to deliver these services but, given the crisis in their funding, philanthropic giving is playing an increasingly important role. The Minister will be aware, I think, of the success of “Going Public”, which is a Museums Sheffield …..."Paul Blomfield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Mar 2017
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"3. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effectiveness of the Crown Prosecution Service in prosecuting cases of domestic violence. ..."Paul Blomfield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Mar 2017
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"Ashiana, which is a great Sheffield charity working on domestic violence in the black, Asian, minority ethnic and refugee communities, has raised its concerns with me over the appallingly low prosecution rates for female genital mutilation and honour-based violence. The Attorney General will know that there have been no successful …..."Paul Blomfield - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 28th February 2017
Asked by:
Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with the Department for Exiting the European Union on the contents of the White Paper entitled The United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership with the European Union, Cm 9417, published in February 2017.
Answered by Robert Buckland
The Department for Exiting the European Union is working closely with other Government departments to build a detailed understanding of how withdrawal will affect domestic policies and to coordinate policy work across Government. I regularly meet the Prime Minister and Ministerial colleagues to discuss important issues of common interest, including the UK’s exit from the EU. I am not able to talk about any legal content of those discussions because, by convention, the fact that the Law Officers have advised or have not advised and the content of their advice is not ordinarily disclosed outside Government.
Written Question
Thursday 27th October 2016
Asked by:
Paul Blomfield (Labour - Sheffield Central)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what recent steps the Crown Prosecution Service has taken to set out its approach to prosecuting hate crime.
Answered by Robert Buckland
We are committed to tackling hate crime in any form. The cross Government Hate Crime Action Plan, published in July 2016, focuses on reducing hate crime, increasing reporting and ensuring that all criminal justice partners and key stakeholders deliver the appropriate outcomes for victims.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Feb 2016
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"5. What steps the Government have taken to improve the conviction rate for rape and serious sexual offences...."Paul Blomfield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Feb 2016
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"I thank the Solicitor General for his admirably brief reply. He will know that despite claims of the highest number of convictions ever, convictions for rape, domestic abuse and other sexual offences have fallen. I work closely with Sheffield Rape Crisis, which tells me that there is a real postcode …..."Paul Blomfield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Nov 2015
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"7. What steps she is taking to reduce gender economic inequality...."Paul Blomfield - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Nov 2015
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"I thank the Minister for that response, but as she acknowledged in response to an earlier question, the overwhelming majority of care workers are women, and they face low pay, zero-hours contracts and non-payment of travel time as a consequence of financial pressures on the sector. Professor Martin Green, the …..."Paul Blomfield - View Speech
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 10 Nov 2015
Immigration Bill (Fourteenth sitting)
"I concur with the point that the Solicitor General makes, but I did not necessarily recognise the figures he gave earlier as a description of the problem. They were census data, which did not necessarily relate to the issue. However, let us assume that there is a problem. Is the …..."Paul Blomfield - View Speech
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