Latest Parliamentary Activity by Cambridge's MP:
- Child Benefit Entitlement (Disqualification of Non-UK EU Nationals): Electronic Communications - Tuesday Jul 22 2014
I will speak to the regulations only briefly. I think that there are a couple of points worth making. It is interesting to compare the debate we are having now with the one in 2009. Back then, no time at all was given to discuss the re ... - Child Benefit Entitlement (Disqualification of Non-UK EU Nationals): Electronic Communications - Tuesday Jul 22 2014
I am sure the Minister will agree that for that public debate and a review to take place, we need good statistics and information. One of the few things that seems to be missing from the previous regulations and the new ones is a secti ... - Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Police Reform - Tuesday Jul 22 2014
The Home Secretary is absolutely right to praise the work of the vast majority of police forces, but also right to highlight the need for public confidence and to make sure that the few rogue police officers do not do down all the othe ... - Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Guaranteed Minimum Pensions - Tuesday Jul 22 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to equalise guaranteed minimum pensions. ... - Written Answers — Work and Pensions: State Second Pension - Tuesday Jul 22 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many men aged 65 receive additional state pension after a contracted-out deduction is applied. ... - Written Answers — Home Department: Hughes Chang - Monday Jul 21 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she has taken fully to comply with the High Court judgment in the Hughes Chang case. ... - Written Answers — Home Department: Police Custody: Young People - Monday Jul 21 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many 17 year olds were held in police custody in each of the last five years. ... - Written Answers — Home Department: Young Offenders - Monday Jul 21 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 21 October 2013, Official Report, column 65W, on young offenders, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to redefine ju ... - Written Answers — Justice: Missing Persons: Guardianship - Thursday Jul 17 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to launch his consultation on guardianship for missing people. ... - Bills Presented: New Clause 6 — Half-yearly reports by the Interception of Communications Commissioner - Tuesday Jul 15 2014
At the end of this rather long day, I want to reflect briefly on where we are in this area. There is a tension between privacy and security. As I have said, itis not a question of having one or the other; we can h ... - Bills Presented: New Clause 3 — Transparency on data collection - Tuesday Jul 15 2014
The Minister talked about that two-week snapshot from 2012. Is that the most recent survey that looked at the age of the data? Does he agree that it would be really helpful to have more up-to-date information about the age of the data a ... - Bills Presented: New Clause 3 — Transparency on data collection - Tuesday Jul 15 2014
I thank the Minister for his comments. The move towards greater transparency will benefit us all, including the Home Office. I do not quite agree with some of the points that he made towards the end of hisspeech. ... - Bills Presented: New Clause 3 — Transparency on data collection - Tuesday Jul 15 2014
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. ... - Bills Presented: New Clause 3 — Transparency on data collection - Tuesday Jul 15 2014
These are, I hope, two unobjectionable new clauses, which seek clarity from the Government about what is intended in respect of the transparency reporting. One challenge we have faced for a very long time in this area is the fact that, ... - Bills Presented: New Clause 3 — Transparency on data collection - Tuesday Jul 15 2014
The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. Unfortunately, the approach taken for, I believe, many decades has been not to tell people. We have always been told, “We can’t tell you what’s being done at the moment, but we n ... - Bills Presented: Clause 6 — Commencement, duration, extent and short title - Tuesday Jul 15 2014
The answer to the hon. Gentleman’s point is that we simply do not have the time to make that happen. We cannot take account of the detailed reviews that are necessary. I totally accept that we could do a bit more, but it would not ... - Bills Presented: Clause 6 — Commencement, duration, extent and short title - Tuesday Jul 15 2014
That delves into subjects that I am unable to get too involved in. It is a shame that the matter is being dealt with so late. I raised this issue with the Home Secretary on the day that European Court of Justice ruling came out. I quest ... - Bills Presented: Clause 6 — Commencement, duration, extent and short title - Tuesday Jul 15 2014
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hood, and to follow the hon. Member for West Bromwich East (Mr Watson). I hugely admired his ... - Bills Presented: Clause 6 — Commencement, duration, extent and short title - Tuesday Jul 15 2014
Thank you, Mr Hood.What the hon. Member for West Bromwich East set out is very tempting. I hear what he said and he made a strong case. However, although I have huge respect for why he is trying to achieve that, I ... - Bills Presented: Clause 6 — Commencement, duration, extent and short title - Tuesday Jul 15 2014
I agree that it could take six months, which is shorter than the normal time scale, but it still means that we would have to start very soon. I passionately want to see—I think the hon. Gentleman and I agree completely on most of ...