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Tag Archives: Yvette Cooper
Is the Home Office issuing more Ukrainian visas now?
Last Wednesday a debate took place called Preventing Crime and Delivering Justice. That came the day after the Opening of Parliament and the Minister who opened the discussion was Prit Patel. Following her statement Yvette Cooper responded and during her … Continue reading
We will bring it back to this House for a vote
Tragically last week the Government persuaded sufficient Conservative MPs to vote for the Nationality and Borders Bill at its third reading and they also prevented any changes being achieved. The eight clauses and one schedule were attempts to reduce the … Continue reading
Second day of the Nationality and Borders Bill
As I wrote yesterday there were six clauses that were debated and all of which were an attempt to make this Bill far less dangerous to the people who seek asylum in our nation. Sadly all six got rejected by … Continue reading
Some words and some votes from last night
In the debate under the title of Committee on Standards after many voices were expressed, two votes took place. Although the Conservatives managed to succeed they only just managed to do so by a few votes. In both vote issues … Continue reading
The very few Parliamentary words about the Bristol attacks
Following the appalling actions from Sunday evening in Bristol there were a small number of comments made in the House of Commons yesterday. They were all set out in a session on topical questions involving Priti Patel as the Home … Continue reading
Posted in Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy, Policing
Tagged David Davis, Keith Palmer, Nick Thomas-Symonds, Priti Patel, Stalking, VAWG, Yvette Cooper
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MPs like Yvette and Sajid need to use social media carefully
The way many of us refer to MPs and Parliament as a whole can vary enormously from treating them as the leaders of our nation to pointing out that they are our public servants. This must place anyone who is … Continue reading
Two blasts from the past
This week the Government has been forced to address two matters that have been bubbling away for more than a year. The High Court judgement over the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers (DRIP) Act which I wrote about extensively last … Continue reading
Posted in Data Retention and Investigatory Powers, Justice Issues, Parliament and Democracy, Police & Crime Commissioner, Policing, UK Riots in August 2011
Tagged Bernard Hogan Howe, Boris Johnson, Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill, DRIP, Kevin Hurley, Theresa May, Water Cannon, Yvette Cooper
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