Joint enterprise use has gone profoundly wrong, MP says
Kim Johnson tells the Commons people are "being sent to prison for crimes they did not commit".
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Kim Johnson tells the Commons people are "being sent to prison for crimes they did not commit".
The justice minister is to stand down at the next election, saying he has had enough of threats to his safety.
The scourge of 'Rachmanite landlords' operating in West Yorkshire has been raised in Parliament
Alarm bells erupted in the Commons, the sort of klaxons you get in James Bond films when the villain's lair is under attack. For a moment the Speaker's eyes widened with apprehension.
Watch the moment an MP’s phone alarm interrupts a Commons debate, as members burst out laughing in response. Business and Trade questions in the Commons were briefly interrupted when Labour MP Barry Sheerman’s phone began to sound an alarm on Thursday (25 January). The Huddersfield MP ran from his seat on the Commons benches to turn off the high-pitched siren-like sound. Conservative former minister David Davis could be heard laughing from the backbenches, as he said: “Is that a pacemaker?” before other MPs started to laugh.