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Water White Paper

Commons debates

Last night, a 30-inch water main burst at Holland Park roundabout on the boundary of my constituency and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Kensington and Bayswater (Joe Powell). Homes and...

After Clause 19 - Court transcripts of sentencing remarks

Sentencing Bill

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

I apologise that I was not here for the Minister’s opening speech; I was chairing the Justice Committee. I do not think that matters, though, because I agree with him on the amendments....

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Again, I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who is also a very assiduous member of the Committee, and I want to finish on a positive note. In this report, we inevitably concentrated on the problems...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

First, I am pleased that my hon. Friends are making links with their prisons. I hope all Members who have a prison will visit it regularly; I had the Scrubs in my patch for 20 years. I am also...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

This is my hon. Friend’s area of expertise. I mentioned the recommendations of Dame Carol Black, who is widely recognised as one of the best experts in this area; successive Governments...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

As always, the hon. Gentleman gets to the heart of the matter. That statistic he quoted for the number of people who develop a drug habit in prison—they go in there clean, and come out with...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

I am glad that my hon. Friend has seen some progress being made at HMP Wandsworth, and today we have the publication of the independent investigation there. Staff are working incredibly hard, and...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Where prisoners are caught taking drugs through testing—we have said that we want testing increased—they need to be punished, but they also need to be offered treatment. We called for...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

Like the hon. Member for Solihull West and Shirley (Dr Shastri-Hurst), my hon. Friend is a very active member of the Committee, and I thank him for making that point. A lot of people would say,...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

I think it is particularly demoralising for prison staff and governors to see drones coming and going almost casually. The point I often make is that if this was happening around civil airports...

Justice Committee

Prisons: Illegal Drugs

Andrew Slaughter made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allocating time for me to make a statement on behalf of the Justice Committee on the Government’s response to the Committee’s sixth report...

Gaza: Peacekeeping Operations

Ministry of Defence

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assurances the UK has received from the US authorities that UK personnel at the Civil Military Co-ordination Centre will not be assisting or...

Gaza: Peacekeeping Operations

Ministry of Defence

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assurances the UK has received from the US authorities that CMCC drone surveillance monitoring the ceasefire in Gaza will identify and record...

Jury Trials

Commons debates

I am coming on to that. The number of sitting days has already increased substantially in comparison with what the last Government did, and I think that it should increase further, but I also...

Jury Trials

Commons debates

I will give way once, but I am aware of time.

Jury Trials

Commons debates

The background to this debate is well known. Against that background of a historically high and growing backlog of cases in the Crown court provoked by the previous Government, the former Lord...

Water

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to release the White Paper on water reform in January 2026.

Water Charges: Social Tariffs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Andrew Slaughter received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's planned timelines are for considering the introduction of a national social tariff for water bills;...

Middle East and North Africa

Commons debates

This morning I had the honour to attend the official opening of the Palestinian embassy in my constituency by His Excellency Ambassador Husam Zomlot and also by 14-year-old Obeida, who was...

Venezuela

Commons debates

I welcome the Foreign Secretary’s statement that she will abide by international law. I would not expect her to publish the legal advice that she has received from the Law Officers and...