"Mr Speaker, I am delighted that you have come back into the Chamber, because it gives me an opportunity to start by saying how delighted I am that your team and my team will be in the Challenge cup final in a few days’ time. I know that your father, …..." Andy Carter - View Speech
"The Minister mentioned the 2,000 or so cases, over a couple of years, where material has been posted online. What action has been taken to remove that material? Are social media companies working with His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service to ensure that it is taken down in a timely …..." Andy Carter - View Speech
"Before my hon. Friend goes into the detail, she mentioned section 40D of the Prison Act 1952, which already contains provisions to prohibit mobile phones from being allowed inside prisons. Perhaps we should make it clear that it is already illegal to have a mobile phone there. Am I right …..." Andy Carter - View Speech
"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising those points, and particularly the role the Church can play in supporting families. I say to anybody going through grief that there are people out there they can reach out to. The challenge is knowing where to reach out, and this …..." Andy Carter - View Speech
"The hon. Member has eloquently taken one of the asks that I was going to put to the Minster, so I am grateful for his intervention.
The issues that Dan’s speech provokes allow me to make one or two requests of the Minister. Will he look at the steps the …..." Andy Carter - View Speech
"I pay tribute to the work the hon. Lady has done with colleagues on her private Member’s Bill. I absolutely support its aims, and I will talk a little more about it in just a second.
This debate is largely down to the experience of a young man called Dan …..." Andy Carter - View Speech
That this House has considered support for bereaved children.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell, and I thank the Backbench Business Committee for facilitating the debate. I want to talk about a subject that has affected almost all of us at …..." Andy Carter - View Speech
"I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for highlighting the work that many charities do. He is absolutely right, and I will come to his point shortly.
I want to put the issue into some context. The Childhood Bereavement Network provides statistics on the number of children bereaved of a …..." Andy Carter - View Speech
"I am very grateful for that comment; it is very much appreciated. My experience of registering a death is that someone goes to the registrar, they fill in some forms and they are able to record a number of details, but they do not receive a great deal back. So …..." Andy Carter - View Speech
"It is clear that courts, particularly the magistrates court, already make full use of digital means. The Bill will benefit those suffering from domestic abuse, particularly where restraining orders and non-molestation orders are in place to keep somebody who has committed domestic abuse away from the victim. In the event …..." Andy Carter - View Speech