Speeches

Last week I met the Minister for Immigration to discuss how we can increase the prosecution rate further for those who engage in this danger

I thank the hon. Lady for her work on that important APPG; she will have heard my answer to the previous question.

With your permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will answer questions 1, 2 and 5 together.

Well, Madam Deputy Speaker, I assure the right hon. Gentleman that the admiration is entirely mutual.

As I have said, all lawyers have a duty of confidentiality to their clients and I am simply not permitted to tell the hon.

As I have said, I am not able to share my assessment, but perhaps it might be useful for the House to know when a section 19(1)(b) statement

I agree wholeheartedly. I feel it is perfectly proper for lawyers—Government lawyers, in this case—to test a novel idea before the courts.

It was challenged. It was challenged all the way up to the ECHR, and I understand that in the end the Government won by nine votes to eight.

My first duty is to the court and to the rule of law. I have absolutely no hesitation about restating that as often as the hon.

My hon. Friend is a staunch defender of the procedures and the propriety of our activities in this House.