Speeches by Paul.

“I obviously do not expect you to have that number to hand.”

“You would not want the court sitting days to go up to 113,000. Is that what you are saying? It would not work.”

“No, I am trying to understand whether, if you moved to the optimal amount of sitting days, it is more than what we are currently sitting. That is the question, because you said at the time it was 106,000.”

“It is interesting to get a different perspective, because there has been evidence given recently at another Select Committee on this. I will not labour the point and I will move on. I appreciate that you have had to use various emergency measures. You brought in Operation Safeguard and Operation Early Dawn in order to …”

“I welcome the Secretary of State’s clarification on the timing of the new Sutton specialist hospital, which will serve my constituency. I am really pleased that the project is going ahead, although the delay is disappointing. The current situation at Epsom and St Helier university hospitals NHS trust is not sustainable…”

“My hon. Friend raises an important point about unintended consequences. Does she agree that it is important we consider our key workers, such as NHS staff and police, who rely on accommodation tied to their employment? With the abolition of assured shorthold tenancies, it is important to ensure that provisions are ther…”

“That works out as 770 people. That is 770 people who have families, who have potentially lost their livelihoods as a result of this. There is the whole human impact.”

“This is my last point. I have found this really eye-opening, I have to say. I am thinking about what it would be like if I were in a position where I were accused of something, and what might I do. I have children, I have another life. Is there a risk, when the reality is that you could end up in prison for six months …”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for allowing me the opportunity to speak in this incredibly important debate. I very much welcome the Government’s ambition to halve violence against women and girls over the next decade, and I hope everyone in this place will work together to ensure success, because if we do not, it is…”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for that intervention, and I completely concur. The fact that our laws have not been extended in this way demonstrates that they have not kept up with our ever-changing world. I therefore call on the Government to ensure that online pornographic content is held to the same standards as offl…”

“Thank you for that. It would be good for you to talk to us about all the different things that you are looking to do on this. What is the custody limit at the moment for a defendant on remand?”

“I completely support the Chair on that. It would be good to have a breakdown of the cases that are over two years—in fact, I would say over six months, to be honest. You have set out that it is quite rare and there are other factors going on, but if we could see the data behind that it might give us some reassurance, o…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for his response. However, universities, which are at the heart of the UK’s research ecosystem, face an additional £372 million in annual costs due to the rise in employer national insurance. That threatens their ability to fund cutting-edge research, recruit top talent and support early …”

“5. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in employer national insurance contributions on the science and technology sectors.”

“The previous Government committed to a parent-first approach to guidance. As part of the Government’s review of the statutory relationships, sex and health education guidance, will the Minister make it clear that parents should be involved in decisions that affect their children, including if their children are gender-…”

“ Thank you. Following up from that, what assurance can you give us that you are getting value for money with the various initiatives that you are doing, in order to tackle tax evasion?”

“ I would just like to disclose, before I start, that I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Sir Jim Harra, why do you not know how much tax evasion HMRC is stopping?”

“ You do have a number broken down for tax evasion, then. We have a number for tax evasion that HMRC has stopped with its various initiatives.”

“ Would it be possible for us to have some more information after this on those numbers? That is not coming through in the report that we have.”

“ We are going to move on to electronic sale suppression now. In 2016, I believe you identified a form of ESS that was resulting in significant tax losses, and then you looked again in 2019 and found that the loss was much more than you thought. It was £450 million per year. A strategy then came…”