Debates between Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi and Jeremy Wright during the 2017-2019 Parliament

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Debate between Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi and Jeremy Wright
Thursday 21st December 2017

(6 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Wright Portrait The Attorney General
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That certainly is important. What my right hon. Friend the Defence Secretary was saying, echoing his predecessor, was that those who choose to fight with Daesh put themselves at risk, but let me make the legal position clear: every country, including this one, is entitled to defend itself from acts of terrorism, and where an attack is either present or imminent, and where it is necessary or proportionate to do so, this country can, and on occasion will, use force, including lethal force, to defend ourselves.

Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Portrait Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough) (Lab)
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5. What the Government’s plans are for the future of the Serious Fraud Office.

Jeremy Wright Portrait The Attorney General (Jeremy Wright)
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The Serious Fraud Office does vital work in tackling some of the most serious instances of fraud, bribery and corruption. The SFO will continue, as an independent organisation, to conduct its own investigations and prosecutions of some of the most serious and complex economic crime, and a recruitment campaign is now under way for its next director.