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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I will be brief. Clause 166 replaces temporary emergency provisions included in the Coronavirus Act 2020, which allows for certain proceedings to be observed remotely and…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I accept that the total number receiving the orders will not change, but does the Minister not accept, and regret, that these proposals will lead to some children—it might only be…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I recognise what the Minister is saying. I raised the point that people should be able to make representations after their hearings, but some of the people we are talking about…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Will the Minister confirm whether there is likely to be some form of time limit relating to the recent history of the child?15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I think we have to be very clear that we are talking about the incarceration of some of the most vulnerable young people in our society. I believe that we owe them a duty of care.…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clause 106, as we have heard, follows the Release of Prisoners (Alteration of Relevant Proportion of Sentence) Order 2020, which altered the automatic release point for offenders…15 Jun 2021HANSARDAid Budget Reduction: Covid-19What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in the UK aid budget on tackling the covid-19 pandemic.15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Why?15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)But surely the point remains that this person, who is said to be a danger to the public although there may not be sufficient evidence to convict him of another charge, will be…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)On a point of order, Sir Charles. Good morning to you. I made a small but significant and totally unintentional mistake in one of my speeches last week. In the debate relating to…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)No, we did not.15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)As we have heard, clause 108 would create a new power to allow the Lord Chancellor to refer a prisoner to the Parole Board who would otherwise be eligible for automatic release,…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The Lord Chancellor is the beneficiary, because he is given a new power to change things and refer. The effect of the clause is that, for the first time for these types of…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Will the hon. Member give way?15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am pleased to speak to amendments 128, 129 and 130 in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham and myself. However, before I do that, if the Minister could give me a…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. For me, the issue is the basis on which the Lord Chancellor makes the decision to refer. What evidence test is used and who gathers…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I thank the Minister very much for that—it will, of course, be on the record, which I am very pleased to note. Before I get into my speech, I would like to thank Transform Justice…15 Jun 2021HANSARDAid Budget Reduction: Covid-19That is simply not good enough. With the failure of the Prime Minister to deliver a credible plan at the G7 for vaccinating the world compounding his savage cuts of 80% to clean…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is good to have such a relaxed atmosphere.15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I asked the Minister to address the issue of the number of TPIMs likely to be applied in the event of somebody considered to be dangerous when leaving prison.15 Jun 2021