"10. What steps she is taking with the Home Secretary to tackle the potential causes of recent trends in the level of reported sexual offences. ..." Andrew Gwynne - View Speech
"Labour Members believe it is time for judges to be able to hand out enhanced sentences and increased punishments for all crimes that are committed on the basis of prejudice against women, so why are the Government seeking to overturn our call to make misogyny a hate crime?..." Andrew Gwynne - View Speech
"We have had excessive what-aboutery, bluster and bravado from the Prime Minister. I suggest to him politely that we need a lot more humility from him, given that while the Gray report might be paper thin, it is very clear about the serious failings at No. 10. A fish rots …..." Andrew Gwynne - View Speech
"13. What consequences staff have faced who were involved in a video reported in the media in December 2021, which showed members of the Prime Minister’s office rehearsing for a press conference. ..." Andrew Gwynne - View Speech
"But now we know that there were parties at Downing Street in lockdown and the Prime Minister was present. It is serious. He knowingly breached the rules that he himself set for the country. He broke the law, and over recent weeks he has told the House things that turned …..." Andrew Gwynne - View Speech
"Can I give a bit of friendly advice to the Paymaster General, who has been valiantly defending the indefensible? When the ship is about to sail, you jump on it because it is leaving without you. The ministerial code matters, standards in public life matter and trust in politics matters. …..." Andrew Gwynne - View Speech
"2. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on supporting renewable energy generation in Scotland. ..." Andrew Gwynne - View Speech
"The British Government have not backed the Acorn carbon capture and storage cluster, which is vital to Scotland’s path to net zero, but are maintaining support for the Cambo oilfield, which would dig up more fossil fuels for years to come. Does the Minister agree that the priority should always …..." Andrew Gwynne - View Speech
"20. What estimate he has made of the length of time required to clear the backlog of Crown court cases resulting from the covid-19 outbreak. ..." Andrew Gwynne - View Speech
"Reducing the Crown court backlog to 53,000 still does not take it back to pre-pandemic levels. We cannot just blame covid for the backlog, because in the year before the pandemic, it grew by 23%. Does the Minister regret the Ministry of Justice’s decision to slash sitting days in 2019?..." Andrew Gwynne - View Speech