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HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)Oh, never? Well that is fine. Maybe it is because we share the same accent and she feels at home when she hears me speak, although I think there is a certain anglification in my…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his helpful response, but if mental health services in prisons reflect mental health services in wider society, I am worried, because we know how…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I very much welcome the increased resources that the Minister says are flowing into the frontline, but everything that we have heard from him today suggests that that is a work in…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I am very relieved to hear that, and I am sure that, as a fellow Scot, you will also appreciate it, Mr McCabe. The new clause would require the Secretary of State to commission a…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)Success at last. I can leave the Committee Room a happy man. I will not press the new clause to a vote, but it is important. Communications are central. Across all public…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. When I became shadow Justice Minister for courts and sentencing, one of the things that I was most interested in was how our…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move, That the Clause be read a Second time. We have talked in great detail about the many provisions in the Bill, but we have also talked about the many missing…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. I have no doubt that she is correct. Young people are far more able to change their ways and benefit from the programmes. It…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)Will the Minister give way?07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister was in full flow and doing very well, but I am interested in the statement he made that the Government have already doubled the probation capability in this area. I…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I would say that 5% to 10% of people reoffending in a terrorist way is 5% to 10% too many.07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 40, in clause 16, page 16, line 29, at end insert— “(4) Section 255 of the Sentencing Code is amended as follows. (5) After subsection (2) insert— “(3) The…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Sixth sitting)Further to the matter that the hon. Member for Aylesbury just raised, do we have a commitment from the Government to undertake a full review of the methods that he described?02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Sixth sitting)We welcome this amendment in the name of the hon. Members of the Scottish National party, and we agree that the results of any polygraph must not be disclosed for use in a…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Sixth sitting)I want to address new clause 6, and will be brief as I have covered much of what I wanted to say with reference to the SNP amendments. I will do the same on clause 35. The new…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Sixth sitting)That is very helpful. I will not press the new clause. Question put and agreed to. Clause 32 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 33 Polygraph licence conditions…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Sixth sitting)Again, I will be brief. I am aware that an amendment that I have tabled cannot be selected for debate, so I am content to address clause 35 stand part instead. We accept that…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)Amendments 40 and 41 serve a similar purpose to amendments 37, 45 and 46, which we debated earlier. Hon. Members will recollect that, such was our strength of feeling on the need…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)I appreciate that, but I thought I read it was 50 per year. I may of course be mistaken, but I look forward to the Minister clarifying that. If the vast majority of criminal…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)It is lovely to have a guarantee from the Minister that no young person will end up in the adult estate—02 Jul 2020