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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Assisted Dying

"I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention to save me from a few more tears. I wanted to say that the PTSD my brother suffers as a result of my father dying is something we will all have to live with as a family. I think that is worth …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Assisted Dying

"I thank the hon. Member for his contribution. He is right that palliative care is important for everybody. We must have a conversation about death. Dying will happen to us all and we must talk about it. Palliative care is something we need to improve...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Assisted Dying

"The hon. Member makes a very valid point. It is one of the points I will make in this debate. We have not had a debate on this issue on the Floor of the House for a very long time, and the vote was seven years ago. I concur that …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 04 Jul 2022
Assisted Dying

"I thank everybody in the Chamber, including the people who came to watch the debate, and all the petitioners. This has been a very moving and important debate. I hope that the Minister will agree to meet the people here today from Dignity in Dying who have lived experience, and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Mar 2022
Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls

"Does my right hon. Friend share my concern that there is a lack of cohesion between presenting at accident and emergency and reporting the crime to the police? In a case that I was involved in recently, a young lady who had to stay in hospital overnight was then told …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Mar 2022
Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls

"I want to support and highlight the hon. Lady’s comments about teaching staff. Having been a head of modern foreign languages myself, I know how difficult it is, when you are not trained, to give this specialist advice and to talk to young people, whose formative years are the most …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Feb 2022
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Feb 2022
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

"The Minister talks about the cost of demonstrations—those on the road networks in particular—to people’s lives, and he has made statements about the costs of those protests. I tabled a written question asking him what assessment has been made of the cost to the public purse of the prison sentences …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 28 Feb 2022
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

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Written Question
Prisons: Body Searches
Wednesday 26th January 2022

Asked by: Tonia Antoniazzi (Labour - Gower)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the revised protocol on searching of the person will be published; whether prison officers of the male sex who identify as transgender, with or without a gender recognition certificate, will be permitted to rubdown or strip search female offenders; and whether the revised protocols will also apply to youth custody services.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The national policy on the searching of prisoners, staff and visitors (PSI 07/2016 – Searching of the Person) is currently under review, and to allow for extensive consultation, is expected to be published later this year.

The updated policy will include directions on transgender staff, with and without Gender Recognition Certificates, conducting searches.

In reviewing the policy, Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is consulting with the Government’s Legal Department, HMPPS Equalities Team and representatives from external women’s and transgender groups. The new policy will be compliant with the Equality Act 2010, Gender Recognition Act 2004 and the European Convention of Human Rights.