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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eleventh sitting)The summary that my hon. Friend offers is certainly to the point. Young people could find themselves unable to meet a fine and end up in court or with further fines as a…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eleventh sitting)Although we were on relatively familiar ground with the new diversionary cautions, the community cautions, on which clauses 86 to 93 set out the detail, are very different from…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eleventh sitting)Indeed. My hon. Friend is correct in saying that it could lead to greater congestion in the courts system, but the most important thing in all this is that it removes the person’s…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eleventh sitting)My colleague is right to raise the issue of disproportionality in the system. Anything that increases that is not good for us as a country and is certainly not good for the young…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Eleventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 117, page 228, line 15, in schedule 10, leave out sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) and insert— ‘(2) In paragraph 1(1)— (a) for “—“ substitute “at the time the…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am a little saddened and disappointed that, for all he has said, the Minister does not recognise the real impact that disclosure can have on people, perhaps preventing them from…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)As the Minister said, clause 100 would change the law so that for certain offences a court is required to impose a custodial sentence of at least the statutory minimum term unless…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am not. The point I am making is that the Government are driving an agenda that will result in more black, Asian and ethnic minority people ending up in the criminal justice…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)I most certainly do agree with my hon. Friend. That is why we posed the question: why has there not been a full impact assessment of the impact of these measures on the BAME…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)I certainly agree with the right hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby, and I have given his constituency its full title—how on earth could I ever forget Whitby, when it is one…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 101, page 86, line 41, at end insert— “(bb) the abduction, sexual assault and murder of a person not previously known to the offender,”. The…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)It sounds as though the Minister is about to wind up without addressing my specific points.10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his response. It is very easy for us all to determine our own shopping list of changes to the legislation. I take his point that crime committed…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)I appreciate that, but I still intend to divide the Committee on the amendment. Question put, That the amendment be made.10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am getting a little confused now with some of the things that the Minister has said in relation to the last debate and the imposition of whole life orders. I assume that he was…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his clarification. As he said, clause 102 will allow judges to impose, in exceptional circumstances, a whole life order on offenders who were…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)The Minister must not misunderstand or misinterpret what I was saying. We are fully supportive of what he is trying to achieve here, but we want to make sure the Government…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)As the Minister said, the clause will change the way in which the minimum terms of discretionary life sentences are calculated. As the law currently stands, and has stood for…10 Jun 2021HANSARDTrade Deals: Human RightsWhat recent discussions she has had with UK trade partners on inserting clauses on human rights in future trade deals.10 Jun 2021HANSARDTrade Deals: Human RightsIn response to the Adjournment debate last night, the Under-Secretary of State for International Trade, the hon. Member for Beverley and Holderness, told the House in relation to…10 Jun 2021