In Parliament - Andy Slaughter

Napier Barracks Asylum Accommodation

Commons debates

The Home Office’s treatment of asylum seekers is appalling. Will the Minister address the latest scandal: the failure to provide new prepayment Aspen cards, which has left many individuals...

Protecting the Public and Justice for Victims

Commons debates

The Select Committee on Justice, of which I am a member, is working on reports on court capacity, legal aid and the withering of access to justice, probation, recovery from the disastrous...

New Clause 1 - Human Rights Abuses

Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

I wish to speak in support of amendments 14 and 8 in relation to bringing ARIA within the scope of the Freedom of Information Act. It seems extraordinary to me that there is an exclusion for a...

Israel and Gaza: Ceasefire

Commons debates

The Minister says he has a policy on evictions and demolitions in East Jerusalem and the west bank, on the attacks on al-Aqsa and the expansions of settlements, but the illegal settlement and...

Engagements

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

What does the Prime Minister think when he hears Jenny McGee, the nurse who saved his life, say of NHS staff, “We’re not getting the respect and now pay that we deserve. I’m...

Euthanasia: Prosecutions

Ministry of Justice

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sections (a) 2(1) and (b) 2(A) of the Suicide Act 1961 between 1 April 2009 and 31 July 2020.

Safe Streets for All

Debate on the Address

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

This Queen’s Speech displays a hostility towards democracy and the rule of law, with a planning Bill that shifts power from elected local government to developers, which is a recipe for...

Euthanasia: Prosecutions

Attorney General

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Attorney General, how many of the 167 cases referred to the Crown Prosecution Service by police under sections (a) 2(1) and (b) 2(A) of the Suicide Act 1961 between 1 April 2009 and 31...

Euthanasia: Prosecutions

Attorney General

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Attorney General, how many of the 167 cases referred to the CPS by police under the Suicide Act 1961, Sections 2(1) and 2(A), between 1 April 2009 and 31 July 2020 did not result in a...

Euthanasia: Prosecutions

Attorney General

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Attorney General, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Policy for Prosecutors in Respect of Cases of Encouraging and Assisting Suicide between 1 April 2009 and 1...

Violence in Israel and Palestine

Commons debates

If the Foreign Secretary will take action on ethnic cleansing in Xinjiang, why not in Sheikh Jarrah? If the UK Government will impose sanctions for the occupation of Crimea, why do they allow...

Support for Asylum Seekers - [Philip Davies in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

The Home Office is knowingly presiding over an asylum accommodation and dispersal system that sees some of the most vulnerable people in the UK forced into squalid and overcrowded accommodation...

Ministerial Code

Commons debates

The Minister has a specific duty to ensure transparency in Government through the Freedom of Information Act. Is he concerned that Transparency International last year identified nine unremedied...

Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

Commons debates

The commission’s chair says that it found no evidence in Britain of institutional racism, which it defines as “racist or discriminatory processes, policies, attitudes or behaviours in...

Trespass - [Mr Peter Bone in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Will the Minister give way?

Trespass - [Mr Peter Bone in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Will the Minister explain why he thinks that the organisations that he indicates, such as the Ramblers Association, whose comments I read out, are not at all persuaded by the Government’s...

Trespass - [Mr Peter Bone in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

It is a pleasure to be before you in Westminster Hall, Mr Bone. I thank the Petitions Committee for facilitating the debate, which has come slightly later than we envisaged—it was due to...

Hammersmith Bridge

Commons debates

I am most grateful to the Minister for giving way. We need £4 million towards investigation work and there is a bill of over £140 million for repairs. Where does the Minister think that...

Hammersmith Bridge

Commons debates

Will the Minister give way?

Hammersmith Bridge

Commons debates

Will the Minister give way?