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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)This is an issue that I am personally very passionate about, so I am pleased to speak to these new clauses. The Minister will remember our long exchanges on maturity and young…24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)I appreciate that clarification, but the fact remains that the prosecution requires that word to be used in the system. For me, that means that we need a newly defined clause in…24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)I welcome the Government’s work in this area. The fact that the number of prosecutions, and even of reports, is not reflected in the numbers reported through the likes of Shelter…24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I am sorry to make the Minister uncomfortable about his pay grade, but we need to move forward with this and there is an opportunity to do so. The Minister says that it is only a…24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)The Minister had an over-complicated response to what I thought was a relatively simple and straightforward matter. He talked about supporting the principle and he talked about…24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)I did say I was not aware.24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)Exactly that. I am sure that young people will be confused by a system in which, all of a sudden, they find themselves appearing in adult court instead of youth court,…24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)Indeed, yes. I know that the Government are working hard to clear the backlog, but the fact remains that the backlog is considerable, and it will impact on young people in the…24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)I agree with the Minister that a lot of work has to be done with support, safeguarding and everything else, but the income of local authorities has been devastated in recent years…24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)Child criminal exploitation—the grooming and forcing of children to commit criminal acts by adults—is an emerging and fast-growing phenomenon. I have terrible problems saying the…24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)Regardless of the duty on the court to which the Minister refers, it remains a fact that children are receiving sentences under the adult regime. There is no two ways about that.…24 Jun 2021HANSARDChild PovertyWhat recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on efforts to reduce child poverty in Scotland.23 Jun 2021HANSARDChild PovertyI join the Minister in paying tribute to DWP staff. Perhaps the Government could respond by giving them a decent pay rise this year. According to the Child Poverty Action Group,…23 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eighteenth sitting)On new clause 22 and stalking, it was interesting to listen to the level of sentencing imposed, and that is quite encouraging. But I think the Government recognise that more still…22 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.22 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eighteenth sitting)The record will show that the Conservative members of this Committee voted against a minimum sentence of seven years for rape. The Minister pointed out some of our votes, and I am…22 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I am not sure how the dual thing in one set of clauses works in protocols, but we have managed anyway. Sir Charles, you will be thinking that if you got a fiver for every time you…22 Jun 2021