Dominic Grieve: Response to statement on Jon Venables

Mr Speaker, I thank you for granting the question. The Justice Secretary may on reflection conclude that he could probably have earlier explained to the House, the limits to what can be disclosed at the present time because of the risk of prejudicing recall proceedings or a prosecution, which no ...

Dominic Grieve: Early Release announcement is a poison pill policy

Mr Speaker, on this side of the House we have been calling for an end to the government's reckless early release scheme for some time. In principle, it is something to be welcomed. But as always with this government, you have to check the fine print.

The House will ...

Dominic Grieve: Protecting the public, not criminals' privacy

Ladies and gentlemen 12 years ago this autumn, Labour’s newly-elected Prime Minister got up before his party’s conference and pledged ‘zero tolerance on crime.’

Then just two years ago, his successor stood up before the same party conference.

He said his answer to the crime and chaos he ...

Dominic Grieve: Reversing the rise of the surveillance state

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming to this launch of the Conservative Party report, Reversing the Rise of the Surveillance State. I must also thank Microsoft for generously offering to host this event.

You will see from the reports available in the room that we propose 11 measures to ...

Dominic Grieve: Multiculturalism - A Conservative vision of a free society

It is a great pleasure to have been asked to give the Lord Smith lecture.  He and I have been parliamentary colleagues since 1997 and have got to know each other through our shared work on the British Irish Parliamentary Body.

Indeed it is an interest in Ireland which first ...