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HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeWhat a very kind offer. I am sure that call will be echoed by those in the SNP Benches in front of the hon. Gentleman. We, of course, would be delighted to share any best…15 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeI thank my hon. Friend, who is absolutely right. He did extraordinarily important work on stalking. He understands, as I do, that it is a wicked crime that leaves women in…15 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeMy right hon. Friend puts it well. Anyone who has observed what has taken place cannot fail but to be filled with anguish and distress, so of course it is the case that a nation’s…15 Nov 2023HANSARDViolence Reduction, Policing and Criminal JusticeI have been very grateful to the right hon. Lady for the care and attention that she has given to this sensitive area over many months and years. We will continue to work with her…15 Nov 2023HANSARDAndrew Malkinson Inquiry AnnouncementIn August 2023 I announced that the Ministry of Justice would establish a non-statutory independent inquiry into the issues raised by the miscarriage of justice suffered by Andrew…26 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityI thank my right hon. Friend for the care and attention he takes in respect of this matter. I will be delighted to write to him in the terms he suggests.16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for raising the issue of prison staff, as they are ultimately the most important factor, beyond the nature of the prison estate, in…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityI thank my right hon. Friend; no one did more in government to ensure that serious foreign national offenders were on planes getting out of the country. She did an exceptional job…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityAs always, my hon. Friend makes a robust point. It is not right that the British people, having suffered the crime in the first place, should then have to pay for the privilege of…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityMore than many people in this place, my hon. Friend combines compassion with clarity of thought. She absolutely demonstrated that. It is incumbent on all of us to advocate for…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityThe first thing to say is that our prison programme is the largest since the Victorian era—20,000 places. If I may say so, that stands in stark contrast to Labour. Jack Straw…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison Capacityl pay tribute to my right hon. and learned Friend. I talked about tough decisions being made in the white heat of the pandemic, and he is the one who said that we will not get rid…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityOn that last point, we have put a great deal of funding into the maintenance of Chelmsford prison, but also HMP Liverpool and Birmingham in particular. On the first point my right…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityI thank the hon. Lady for the care and attention she gives to this topic. It is worth reflecting that around 5% of the overall prison population are women, so it is overwhelmingly…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityWhat an excellent point to end on. It is critical that where a community is offended against, the offenders make that community whole—in other words, that they do the work,…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityWith permission, I shall make a statement on the criminal justice system in England and Wales. The first duty of any Government is to keep their people safe, and that is why those…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityI know that the hon. Gentleman cares passionately about joint enterprise, but I must tell him this: joint enterprise is the legal doctrine that means that the getaway driver is…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityThe right hon. Lady is right when she says it is important to try to reduce the period of time that people are waiting. I absolutely get that point, but in the interests of…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityI thank my right hon. Friend for getting absolutely to the heart of it. Those who are sentenced to short custodial sentences—under 12 months—statistically go on to reoffend 55% of…16 Oct 2023HANSARD Prison CapacityWe will always take the steps that need to be taken to keep the British people safe. In respect of community orders, the hon. Lady is right that it is important that they are…16 Oct 2023