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HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020My Lords, the Government are working to an indicative timeframe of autumn 2021. We are currently working with the Family Procedure Rule Committee to identify amendments to court…13 Oct 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020My Lords, I am sure that the Family Procedure Rule Committee is looking at all these issues that relate to reform and the implementation of the Act.13 Oct 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020The 20-week rule is an important part of the Act and the Family Procedure Rule Committee is going through all the issues required. I cannot tell the noble Baroness exactly when…13 Oct 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020Yes, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, did say that. The Lord Chancellor has set up a working group to assess any evidence to change the law on financial provision for…13 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, this amendment seeks to change the timings of boundary reviews so that a review would be undertaken every 10 years. Currently under the Bill, a boundary review would…08 Oct 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords who tabled this amendment. It provides an opportunity for me to update the House once again on what initiatives the Government are…08 Oct 2020HANSARDCrime: Emergency Services StaffThe noble Lord is correct. The White Paper is looking at serious assaults very seriously. That is why we are changing the time served of sentences of over seven years from the…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCrime: Emergency Services StaffSentencing is ultimately a matter for the independent courts, which is why in 2018 we introduced the new aggravated offence of assaulting emergency workers. As I said, we are…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCrime: Emergency Services StaffI am very sorry that I cannot give an assurance on when it will be published but, as with all these things, there will be consultation, and it will be on everything from minor and…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCrime: Emergency Services StaffMy Lords, it is for public confidence. We consulted over the summer and there was a wide agreement that the tariffs should go to two years rather than the 12 months.01 Oct 2020HANSARDCrime: Emergency Services StaffI agree with the noble and learned Lord, which is why we are taking our time in considering this complex issue of whether there should be any changes to sentencing or to criminal…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCrime: Emergency Services StaffPublic protection is the Government’s number one priority. We have already made changes to the law regarding the sentencing and release of terrorist offenders. As part of the…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCrime: Emergency Services StaffMy Lords, in addition to the sentencing reforms we announced in our White Paper, the Government are currently considering options for strengthening the law in relation to those…01 Oct 2020HANSARDCrime: Emergency Services StaffI thank my noble friend for sharing his personal experience of the dangers faced by members of our emergency services. Those are why in 2018 we introduced the new aggravated…01 Oct 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyMy Lords, we are committed to ensuring sufficient funding for the female offender strategy, which we keep under review. To date, we have invested £5.1 million in the strategy in…29 Sept 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyI thank the noble Lord for his question and I repeat that we have put in £2.5 million this year particularly for community sentences. For female offenders, community sentences…29 Sept 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyI thank the right reverend Prelate and I thank her for the work that I know she does for the Nelson Trust. There are a number of achievements so far. I could read them out, but I…29 Sept 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyI thank the noble Baroness. Yes, of course, the more money we have the better but, when we talk about the prison estate, we are investing £2.5 billion and some of that will, of…29 Sept 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyI thank my noble friend. We do remain committed to the strategy. We also think that it is flexible enough, within its policies, to be able to deal with the situation we find…29 Sept 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyI thank the noble Lord for the question. What he talks about is in the strategy called whole-systems approach, I think. With the whole-systems approach, where the private, public…29 Sept 2020