Speeches by Jopp.

“When did that change? And are you referring to the fact that the way in which the leaked material was being used was malicious, or that the leak was malicious ab initio?”

“In the early part of your answer, in respect of the way the MoD were talking about the leak, you said that they described it as “malicious”.”

“It was straight to the injunction and then the super-injunction.”

“So that self-censorship went so far, but then was a D-notice issued?”

“Can you just explain the last little phrase you used—that the editors would decide? The way you describe it, this D-notice process sounds quite collaborative—it is by agreement. Can you dig into that a bit more?”

“Clearly, like all good journalists, you are concerned about the Afghans down range, but you also do not want another journalist telling your story.”

“So there was self-censorship to begin with, given your history.”

“Mr Williams, as I understand it, you are the first journalist who got this story, and you tried to stand it up with the MoD.”

“First, how did you feel about having this potentially explosive story?”

“Following the Budget, a furious Labour voter, 30 years old, texted me to say, “I am furious about the salary sacrifice thing. I give up a lot of things to put 20% of my salary into my pension. That’s going to cost me almost two grand a year for being responsible.” Why are the Government so keen on punishing savers?”

“I think the procurement Minister will know that I asked his predecessor whether the National Armaments Director would have carte blanche to tear up the book when it comes to defence procurement. She answered from the Dispatch Box that not only would they have that ability but they would be held to account for so doing.…”

“The Government’s proposals on jury trials are causing concern and consternation in my constituency, and my mailbag is quite full of people’s messages opposing the Government’s proposals. Just so we understand where the Secretary of State is on this, could the Minister please explain to us what he is doing right now suc…”

“Last week, the National Security Adviser was due to appear before the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy. Did he? If not, why not?”

“I thank the hon. Member for bringing her personal experience as a police officer to this debate. I thank her for her service. These new catapults have awesome power, and could easily take out your eye, Sir Desmond, or indeed other hon. Members’ eyes, and cause life-changing injuries. In fact, in my time in the army, in…”

“I thank the hon. Member for his intervention, and for his faith in my knowledge of Northern Ireland-specific wildlife legislation—funnily enough, I am going to mention Northern Ireland in a moment. I certainly believe in robust enforcement of existing legislation, and I will come on to some practical additional measure…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of catapults and anti-social behaviour. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Desmond. I am going to give this speech backwards, inasmuch as I am going to start with the end and the ask. I ask the Government to introduce an amendment to the Crime an…”

“The hon. Gentleman echoes my cry. Since being elected as the Member of Parliament for Spelthorne, in all my dealings with the community, too often it becomes a conversation of the deaf, inasmuch as people think that there is no point in reporting crime because the police will not do anything about it, and the police sa…”

“I believe that the Green party is led by a hypnotist; it seems that the Government Benches have a mind reader, too, because the hon. Gentleman must have seen into the future and what I was about to say. My constituents write to me in numbers to express their distress at this scourge. Spelthorne borough council has resp…”

“Ah! Like Hercule Poirot!”

“Another mystery cleared up by Inspector Jopp; I wish I had been as successful on my drive-around with the Spelthorne police the other day. As well as my ask on reducing the minimum age at which protection notices can be served, I also want to put in a word for parental responsibility and alternative outlets for young p…”