Speeches by Jogee.

“It is a pleasure to speak in this important debate on the cultural contribution of Staffordshire to our economy and country. I am probably the only hon. Member present who has a constituent sitting in the Public Gallery, so I shall be on my very best behaviour. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stafford (Lei…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Smethwick (Gurinder Singh Josan) on securing this urgent question, but I do say to the Minister that this really should have been a statement. We are all horrified by the act of terror that we saw just days ago and condemn it without equivocation. I have heard from many of m…”

“The scenes from Sudan are beyond harrowing. There is brutal murder, millions at risk of starvation, and millions more have been displaced, with women and children watching their sons, fathers and husbands be brutally killed and many of those women and children being victims of the most horrendous sexual violence. In Ne…”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; all good things come to those who wait. Will the Leader of the House join me in paying tribute to my constituents Yvonne Yorke and Jackie Wood from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Sue Jackson from Stafford, and Linda Lock from Stoke-on-Trent South, all members of the Potteries branch of Alzheimer…”

“That is absolutely right. Chief Constable, Baroness O’Loan touched on this, so I suppose in many ways this will be the answer we have just had, but from your perspective as Chief Constable, in what specific ways would you like to see the national security and disclosure regime adapted? Presumably, speeding up will be p…”

“Apologies for having to step out earlier on. All politics is local, and I had some constituents down, so I had to go and say hello, but I gather, from colleagues’ questions and responses, that the panel’s answers have been powerful and useful, so I shall closely read the transcript later. Transparency, answers, the tru…”

“Chief Constable, do you want to touch on that?”

“All people from all communities—I think that is the point.”

“Baroness O’Loan, you have highlighted the issue of disclosure to ICRIR and the reasonableness requirement that did not exist in previous or other legacy investigations. Do you think the Government will, should or may reconsider this provision as part of their reforms to the ICRIR? Baroness O’Loan: I would very much hop…”

“I do not expect you to share details of conversations you have had with Ministers, but have you made those points to the Northern Ireland Secretary, the Home Secretary and such?”

“My hon. Friend makes a very good point. She speaks to the cross-nation commitment to this issue, and about the many people who live in, work in and benefit from the potential in our coalfield communities.”

“How lucky are we to have my hon. Friend’s experience and background on these Benches? I defer to her both in terms of her commitment to the cause and her experience of standing up for the very people that we on the Government Benches are here to speak up for this evening. If these themes sound familiar it is because th…”

“T4. The Conservatives presided over 14 years of total failure in our justice system. [Interruption.] Let me be topical. To restore justice in this country and keep my constituents safe, we cannot just do more of the same; we need more transparency about the time criminals spend in jail, and common-sense sentencing must…”

“As you can see, Madam Deputy Speaker, team Staffordshire hunt as a pack. My hon. Friend makes a good point. The Government pride themselves on ensuring that the taxpayer gets the best value for money, and I, like all Labour Members, agree with that wholeheartedly. Every penny of the £50 million that we are asking for w…”

“I will happily give way to another Staffordshire colleague.”

“I thank my hon. Friend, who represents Cumbernauld—and the rest of her constituency—in Scotland: a great part of our United Kingdom. She raises a powerful yet basic point: the CRT does amazing work in all parts of our country. It is no surprise that the Whip on duty is my hon. Friend the Member for Merthyr Tydfil and A…”

“I am grateful for that intervention from the dean of the coalfield communities. My hon. Friend works tirelessly on this issue and demonstrates by his leadership that it is one for all and all for one; I thank him for his work. My hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (David Williams) touched on “CRT game on”,…”

“I have seven neighbours—almost all Labour now, which is marvellous. My hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent North (David Williams) raises a powerful point and speaks to the CRT’s reach up and down the country, not least in north Staffordshire.”

“My other constituency neighbour raises a very good point—”

“My hon. Friend raises a very good point. I suspect that the reason he is here, joined by many Labour colleagues from Scotland, is that the SNP Government were found wanting on a number of issues. Thanks to this Labour Government’s Budget, at the end of last year Scotland had an increase in the last financial year of £1…”