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HANSARDCriminal Court ReformI am very grateful to the noble Lord for the points that he made. It will not surprise him to hear that I will not respond to most of them other than by saying yes. But in…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformAt present, there are no plans to make them retrospective, but that is why it is going to take time. That is why it will take time to work its way through. But if we do not do…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformMy Lords, I shall now repeat a Statement made in another place. The Statement is as follows: “With your permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a Statement on criminal court reform.…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformI thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen of Elie, and the noble Lord, Lord Marks, for the points they made on these reforms. I have a great deal of respect for the insight…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformMy noble friend might have a point if it were not for the fact that 90% of cases are currently being dealt with in the magistrates’ court. They are not dealt with by juries.02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformI thank the noble Lord and pay tribute to his work in relation to freedom of speech, which is important to all of us. However, as I said in answer to the noble Baroness, Lady…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformI can reassure my noble friend that the consultation has been extensive. That does not necessarily mean that they agree with us or that all of them agree with us, although I…02 Dec 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Emergency AccommodationWhat the noble Baroness describes is part of a trend of observation and control, which is part of the controlling and coercive behaviour that is now recognised as an integral part…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Emergency AccommodationI thank my noble friend for her question. I think there is a broad acceptance, even by the police forces, that the police response to domestic abuse in the past left something to…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Emergency AccommodationThe fact that it does not all happen on one day in Trafalgar Square does not make it any less of an outrage. I think every noble Lord in this House will hear the anger in the…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Emergency AccommodationI do not accept that at all, hence the increase in funding and the fact that we have given a guarantee that for at least the next three years, the funding will remain stable at…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Emergency AccommodationThe short answer is that the £30 million uplift is bringing funding to £160 million per year. In 2024-25, 76,850 individuals, including children, were supported in safe…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Emergency AccommodationThe noble Baroness makes a really important point. On Monday I addressed a reception held in one of the rooms in this Palace hosted by the charity Surviving Economic Abuse.…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Emergency AccommodationAs the noble Baroness knows, I broadly agree with pretty much everything she says. That is why the Government are working on the three strands of dealing with domestic abuse: the…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Emergency AccommodationMy Lords, I have spent much of my professional life in the fight against violence against women and girls, and I am proud to be part of a Government who have this as a key…26 Nov 2025HANSARDDomestic Abuse: Emergency AccommodationMy Lords, local authorities in England have a statutory duty to ensure support in safe accommodation for victims of domestic abuse and their children, and they work in partnership…26 Nov 2025HANSARDChild Grooming Victims: Compensation AwardsThe Government were extremely saddened by the resignation of those victims, and they are always welcome to rejoin and re-engage with the process—we very much hope that they will.…20 Nov 2025HANSARDChild Grooming Victims: Compensation AwardsI am afraid I am absolutely not going to agree with that. It is going to be a matter for the new national inquiry, and I am not going to pre-empt that.20 Nov 2025HANSARDChild Grooming Victims: Compensation AwardsI thank the noble Baroness for her question. I recognise, of course, her ongoing interest in the Independent Public Advocate, which is very welcome. I do not know the answer, so I…20 Nov 2025HANSARDChild Grooming Victims: Compensation AwardsOf course, we are speaking generically about victims of grooming, but they may fall into a number of different categories. There are the grooming gangs, about which a great deal…20 Nov 2025