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HANSARDCriminal Injuries CompensationI welcome my hon. Friend’s suggestion, which we can of course consider. We will be consulting on a new victims code in due course. The Victims’ Commissioner meets me regularly to…29 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Twelfth sitting)Clause 126 makes a minor amendment to ensure that sentencing for terrorist offenders in Northern Ireland remains consistent with that in England and Wales. The sentencing and…29 Apr 2025HANSARDCriminal Injuries CompensationIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Murrison. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Northfield (Laurence Turner) for securing this important debate. I…29 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for his questions. We will of course ensure that guidance is available for this new measure. We will provide the responsible officers with all the…29 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for his questions. He asked me about the basis of the Secretary of State’s decision; if a Secretary of State decides that, for the purpose of extending…29 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Twelfth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair this afternoon, Ms Lewell. Clause 104 seeks to build on existing polygraph testing powers by making an express provision to enable…29 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Twelfth sitting)The clause will bring the offence of breaching a foreign travel restriction order, under paragraph 15 of schedule 5 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, within scope of the…29 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Twelfth sitting)This clause will create a new duty on offenders serving a sentence in the community and supervised by probation or a youth offending team, requiring them to inform the responsible…29 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Ninth sitting)I welcome the comments from the shadow Minister and the hon. Member for Windsor. Both touched on sentencing, and I am happy to address their questions. We have considered a range…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Ninth sitting)The clause provides for a modest but important reform to strengthen the offence of exposure in section 66 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003. Currently, the offence, which carries a…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)Although clauses 74 and 75 are separate clauses, I will speak to both at the same time for the benefit of the Committee, given that they are very much linked provisions.…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Windsor for his important contribution. It is right that we expand the scope of the offence to ensure that all victims are properly protected and that…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)Clause 76 aims to fill a small but important gap in the law on child abduction in relation to the detention of a child abroad without appropriate consent. It is already an…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)I am grateful to the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for that question. The intention of this offence is not to capture that; it is for those who have a specific intent to cause or…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)I will happily do so. On being reckless, it would be for the court to decide and determine the case on the facts in terms of its interpretation of aggrieve, annoy and intent. It…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)I commend the clause to the Committee. Question put and agreed to. Clause 76 accordingly ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 77 Safeguarding vulnerable groups: regulated…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Ninth sitting)I feel that I should provide hon. Members with a content warning before I discuss what this new offence does, and it is probably quite important that we are doing this before…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Ninth sitting)I thank the hon. Members who have contributed to the discussion, which has been deeply moving at times, particularly when it has touched on the impact on victims in all our…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Dr Allin-Khan. I am very pleased to be able to speak to these provisions. We live our lives surrounded by technology that allows…24 Apr 2025HANSARDCrime and Policing Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank all hon. Members for their contributions to the debate, which has been a good one, getting to the heart of the important issue of spiking, which needs to be tackled. I am…24 Apr 2025