In Parliament

James Cleverly backs a Bill to improve the management of the appropriate use of force used in relation to patients in mental health facilities. In particular, he supports a clause that would require standardised record keeping on use of force across all facilities which will provide an accurate understanding of how many times the use of force unfortunately leads to injury or fatality and may also, in itself, prompt a pause for reflection before force is used.

Following the Government response to the Hirst judgment on prisoner voting rights, James Cleverly asks how it will be communicated to the prisoners themselves that their voting rights are removed while incarcerated and the circumstances under which they are returned.

Speaking in an Opposition Day debate, James Cleverly warns against publication of the Government's Brexit impact assessments as potentially putting valuable information into the hands of the people which whom we are negotiating.

James Cleverly highlights Government success at reducing the gap between taxes that should be collected and the taxes that are collected which has resulted in an additional £160 billion of tax revenue since 2010 and applauds efforts to ensure international business people and non-domiciles remain in the UK post-Brexit.

James Cleverly supports the Bill which will help retain highly trained and valued personnel in the armed forces who, at the moment, are often forced to make a choice between their career and their family.

Speaking in Prime Minister's Questions, James Cleverly highlights new local training facilities in the manufacturing sector and calls on the Government to support both public and private sector trainers to help improve productivity.

James Cleverly backs the Nuclear Safeguards Bill which will ensure that the UK honours its commitment to the International Atomic Energy Agency to set up a domestic nuclear safeguarding regime when we leave the EU and by extension, Euratom.

James Cleverly, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on trade out of poverty, calls on the Commonwealth secretariat to include on next year's Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting opportunities for the Commonwealth to help developing nations to trade out of poverty.

James Cleverly welcomes moves to simplify and clarify the administrative procedures for employing people to encourage small businesses to employ more people.