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HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Third sitting)I will happily answer that point. We are not saying that we would not remove the prohibited steps order; of course there will be a route to remove it. If the offender or alleged…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)It is vital to ensure that the Crown Prosecution Service can recruit and retain sufficient qualified Crown prosecutors. Clause 9 supports that aim by increasing CPS recruitment…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Third sitting)The shadow Minister cannot think of any and, off the top of my head, stood here right now, I cannot think of any either, but that goes to the heart of the reason why we need to…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)They are included.19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Third sitting)The amendment seeks to amend the process in clause 3 if an offender has been acquitted or had their sentence reduced on appeal. The Bill provides a clear route for considering a…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)I am happy to reassure the hon. Member on that point. These provisions have been drafted in consultation with colleagues, including from HMPPS, to ensure that we have the…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Third sitting)It is important to note that a line does need to be drawn, as the hon. Member has recognised; there does have to be a balance. In the previous Government’s version of the Bill,…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for those questions. I can happily and wholeheartedly reassure her on the last point. She will have heard the evidence given the Committee by colleagues in…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Josh Babarinde) for tabling new clause 11, which would expand eligibility for the victim contact scheme, ensure timely and sensitive…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)We have already debated these clauses at length. I do not wish to labour the Committee or subject it to my voice any longer than necessary. The spirit of the clauses has been…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)The clause places a duty on local authorities and social housing providers, where they are engaged with victims of antisocial behaviour, to co-operate with the Victims’…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)I am happy to clarify that the powers in the Bill that we are extending to the Victims’ Commissioner to allow that measure to take place will bring them in line with other…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)The next three clauses of the Bill, clauses 6 to 8, pertain to increasing the powers of the Victims’ Commissioner. In 2024, the passage of the Victims and Prisoners Act…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Third sitting)We need to remember that for a criminal case to have been brought, the child or another party will have made an allegation of serious sexual abuse committed against that child,…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Third sitting)I agree with that point. It is important that we recognise, as I have stated, that there are other measures to remove a person’s parental responsibility for their own child…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Third sitting)That is exactly why we have included a route to remove the prohibited steps order, and we feel the appropriate route for that is the family court. That is the measure in the Bill,…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Third sitting)I agree that the current situation in the family courts is difficult, and it can be traumatic for parents who are seeking to have a parental order removed. That is why we have…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)I am confident that there will certainly be more opportunities, given, as I have said, the nature of the issues facing the Ministry of Justice and the need for the Government to…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 9, page 11, line 4, leave out “persons” and insert “a person”. This amendment and Amendments 2 to 7 ensure that exemptions conferred by…19 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 8 requires the Victims’ Commissioner to produce an annual report to Ministers that will provide an independent assessment of compliance with the victims code. The code sets…19 Jun 2025