Speeches by Taylor.

“In what circumstances would the Government use Magnitsky sanctions against individuals suspected of committing or being complicit in breaches of IHL?”

“I want to ask a question about the balance between multilateral and bilateral spending and where your head is at the moment. Notwithstanding the points that you made about Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine, there is an argument to say that if your focus is on extreme poverty, the MDBs will have more impact if we plough the rest …”

“It is a pleasure to speak under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I rise to speak in favour of clause 78, which tackles the growing scourge of criminals using high-tech devices to steal from hard-working people, because I know how important this is in my community. For 14 years, between 2010 and 2024, crime in my patch double…”

“Yesterday, I wrote to Glastonbury festival, urging it to remove this music group from its line-up because they have allegedly called for the murder of Conservative colleagues in this House, and because we have seen footage of them appearing to show support for Hezbollah and Hamas, including by waving a flag of a proscr…”

“I rise to support clause 96, a necessary update to the law that reflects the reality facing many of our communities. Drug misuse comes in many forms and continues to drive crime, harm and deep personal suffering. Hemel Hempstead has a long-standing drug issue going back several decades. Indeed, drugs were a significant…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. In Hemel Hempstead, antisocial behaviour is regularly at the top of my inbox. Ahead of joining the Committee, I carried out information-gathering exercises in addition to my regular surgery and casework, including a recent public event alongside the polic…”

“My hon. Friend makes an important point. I have spoken about members of my family who have suffered drug abuse; sometimes that did lead to antisocial behaviour and they suffered the penalties of it. It is right that we need to look at dealing with some of the root causes. This issue is a scourge in my community and it …”

“The hon. Member is being a bit unfair. The Bill is not being presented in isolation. As a Government, we are also recruiting 13,000 new officers, a starting point to getting neighbourhood policing back in a fit and proper state. Does he not welcome that move?”

“I want to make a brief point about the noise nuisance of vehicles. We are rightly focusing a lot of remarks on how dangerous these vehicles are for ordinary citizens trying to go about their day, but to reinforce a point made by the shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Stockton West, about modified exhausts, I will sha…”

“I am not convinced. I am primarily talking about big vehicles such as SUVs and other cars, which are not often inside garages—not many people have garages these days. I really hope the Bill enables, and gives confidence to, the police to take more action against modified exhausts because, unfortunately, they do not alw…”

“I have listened intently to the remarks, and I must say it is astounding to hear the shadow Minister suddenly become a champion for social housing. The problems due to antisocial behaviour in my constituency are, first, that families are stuck next to a problem family and cannot move because the Conservative party sold…”

“Q I will direct my question to Paul—thanks for coming in. I want to pick up on what Christopher said about the impact that shoplifting has had and why removing this £200 is so important. To put it into context, I am grateful for the visit that the Co-operative enabled for me in my constituency. I was able to go to see …”

“Q I want to associate myself with what my hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean said and to thank you all for your service. Tiff, I have a question for you. When we met in January—I was very grateful for that briefing—part of what we discussed was neighbourhood policing, which is a key theme of the Bill. Have you d…”

“Q Councillor Conway, my ears pricked up when you talked about Clear, Hold, Build and the successes that you had had. That is a project that the police in my area, Hemel Hempstead, have been implementing in a particular neighbourhood called Grovehill. We are currently in the clear and hold phase. Given that you are ahea…”

“Liam Byrne, among others, thinks that we should try to match what Spain is doing on special drawing rights—I think they could get another £4 billion on the table. What do you think, and why do you think the Treasury has been so resistant to doing it in the past?”

“Liam Byrne, among others, thinks that we should try to match what Spain is doing on special drawing rights—I think they could get another £4 billion on the table. What do you think, and why do you think the Treasury has been so resistant to doing it in the past?”

“Following on from that, you managed to convince the then Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, to get round some of the issues around refugee spending with that additional money. I appreciate you were not a Home Office or Treasury Minister, but do you have views on some of those contracts? We feel there is a lot of waste in the con…”

“Following on from that, you managed to convince the then Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, to get round some of the issues around refugee spending with that additional money. I appreciate you were not a Home Office or Treasury Minister, but do you have views on some of those contracts? We feel there is a lot of waste in the con…”

“There are many things about the Crime and Policing Bill that I welcome, but I particularly welcome the action that we are going to take on dirt bikes. I hope in the future that we also look at other types of vehicles, particularly those with modified exhausts. One of the problems that I often hear about from residents,…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Norwich North (Alice Macdonald) for securing this important debate. I will start with a quick stocktake of my constituency and the region. I am immensely proud of my community, as I know everyone in this room is of their …”