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HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsWe should never forget that the crisis in our prisons that the current Lord Chancellor is seeking to resolve was created over 14 years by the irresponsible mismanagement of the…15 May 2025HANSARD Youth ServicesMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case. She points out the extraordinary cuts in the funding for youth services—over 70% under the last Government—with 50% of centres lost. Can…15 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityMy hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. She is pointing out the double counting and the effect of EPR. I have 19 pubs and Fuller’s brewery in my constituency, and they…14 May 2025HANSARD Glass Packaging: Extended Producer ResponsibilityMy hon. Friend is right that nobody is against the principle of recycling or the aims we are trying to achieve, but the policy is having unintended consequences for many small…14 May 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentLast week, in response to a question I asked, the Minister said: “Forcible movement of the Gazan population out of Gaza would be forcible displacement”. —[ Official Report , 6 May…14 May 2025HANSARDProtection of Prison StaffLast week, the Justice Committee visited Wandsworth prison and noted improvements, but from a very low base. We heard that the poor reputation of some prisons, including rising…12 May 2025HANSARD Middle East UpdateAs we approach the anniversary of the ICJ advisory opinion on the occupation, what is delaying the UK Government’s response? Is it that the opinion requires not just recognition…06 May 2025HANSARD Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesI rise only briefly, principally to congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West (Chi Onwurah) on her tour de force of a speech and the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillAs I say, I do not want to repeat everything I said on Second Reading. I made a case then for why the Sentencing Council had behaved quite properly. It was complimented by many…30 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillIt is a pleasure to take part in the Committee stage of this short Bill. On Second Reading, only a few days ago, I set out my views on the merits or otherwise of the Bill; how it…30 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillWill the Minister clarify the point in relation to pregnancy? He said—it is in the explanatory notes—that it would be right for a sentencer to follow Thompson and order a…30 Apr 2025HANSARDCriminal Injuries CompensationI am grateful to my hon. Friend for securing this debate and for the way he is setting out the problems with the scheme, which is something of a Cinderella service. As he said,…29 Apr 2025HANSARDFootball Governance Bill [Lords]I congratulate my hon. Friend on bringing forward this Bill and on strengthening the previous Government’s Bill, particularly when it comes to financial sustainability. Not only…28 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsI was with the hon. Lady almost up until that point. I congratulate her on opening the debate. It is absolutely true that the new hospital programme did not deliver new hospitals…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsMay I return the hon. Lady to the subject of Charing Cross hospital for a moment? It used to be the main hospital in my constituency, before it became part of the constituency of…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsMy local hospitals were evicted from the new hospital programme when the RAAC schemes came along. There was nothing to delay—there was no money there at all. Does the Minister…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospitalsThe hon. Lady is being a little bit unrealistic. I have three world-class hospitals in my constituency: Charing Cross, Hammersmith and St Mary’s Paddington. The repair bill is…23 Apr 2025HANSARD Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillLet me begin by summarising how we got here. On 29 November 2023, the Sentencing Council launched a consultation on proposed changes to the imposition of community and custodial…22 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the Lord Chancellor for establishing the inquiry into the Nottingham attacks, but freedom of information requests by the charity Hundred Families disclosed last month that…22 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing CouncilWhen it enacted the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, Parliament decided that the Sentencing Council should be chaired by a judicial member, appointed by the Lady Chief Justice. Does…22 Apr 2025