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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillLet me make a little progress. As I indicated, the Bill will make sure that everyone knows what they are entitled to and it sends a clear signal to the system about the service…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI will make a bit of progress and then I will of course come to the right hon. Gentleman. As I indicated, the Bill takes steps to strengthen the system further. First, it will…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillHow could I not? I would be delighted to meet the hon. Lady on that important issue. Let me turn now to the measures on prisoners and parole—part 3 of the Bill. The first duty of…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThere is real and clear merit in what my right hon. Friend says. Plainly, we cannot have a situation in which people can, at the stroke of a pen, evade liability for their…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI will come to the hon. Lady in one moment. The revised victims code, published in 2020, contains many additional entitlements. For example, right 7 is a victim’s entitlement to…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMay I thank my hon. Friend, and say that I have read every word of that important evidence to the Committee? I thank him for the time he took to provide that additional scrutiny,…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillCan I just make a bit of progress? Before I return to the key elements I mentioned a few moments ago, I want to set out a little context. Hugely important work has taken place…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am very grateful to my right hon. Friend. That is exactly the point. If victims are to be not spectators but participants, from the moment of complaint they must be listened to…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillAs the hon. Lady knows, we have discussed these issues at some length in a different context, and she should know that I am ready to continue that conversation.15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. Some years ago, shortly before I entered Parliament, I was stood in the Crown court at Birmingham, having been instructed…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillThere is now a power for hearings to be held in public, but it depends on the facts of the individual case. It will be important to weigh up what is in the interests of justice,…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. She mentions Hope Street, and the Nelson Trust, which I have visited, does excellent work in this regard. I think we do always…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI will come to those points in a moment, but it is broadly to do with the offences.15 May 2023HANSARD Dalgety Bay: Radioactive Contamination and Remediation WorksIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes, and thank you for calling me to speak. I congratulate the hon. Member for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath (Neale Hanvey) on…18 Apr 2023HANSARDAjax PaymentsI wish to provide a further update on the Ajax equipment project being delivered as part of the armoured cavalry programme. The Ajax Platform Ajax is part of our £41 billion…20 Mar 2023HANSARDAUKUS Defence PartnershipWith permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I wish to make a statement about the AUKUS defence partnership. Yesterday, the Prime Minister, standing alongside the President of the…14 Mar 2023HANSARDAUKUS Defence PartnershipI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his remarks. He is absolutely right that this is an announcement of such moment that it will require cross-party and generational support. It…14 Mar 2023HANSARDAUKUS Defence PartnershipI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, who is assiduous in his attention to the issue of the deterrent and the nuclear submarine capability in general. His point about the surface…14 Mar 2023HANSARDAUKUS Defence PartnershipI thank the hon. Gentleman for his sunny observations, which were hugely appreciated. If I can begin at the end, I was disappointed to hear him asking questions about whether the…14 Mar 2023HANSARDAUKUS Defence PartnershipI thank my hon. Friend for his heartfelt and powerful tribute to the people he represents, and he is absolutely right. This decision is a vote of confidence—not just a British…14 Mar 2023