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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Clearly, if the original offence for which the offender is sentenced is one of the more serious ones that we have been talking about—for example, even offences that we consider to…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)We have indeed made such an assessment. We have done it for the whole jurisdiction, and the steady-state impact on the prison population is 255 prisoners. I do not have a…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Good morning, Sir Charles. It is, as always, a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. Clause 106 is an extremely important clause of the Bill, because it forms a critical part…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Let us move on to clause 108, which relates to a new power for the Secretary of State to prevent the automatic release of offenders serving a standard determinate sentence, where…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am anxious to make progress, but I will take an intervention.15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The shadow Minister is correct.15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)No, it is not.15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Rotherham for moving her amendment and for her remarks, the spirit of which I certainly completely agree with. Amendment 145 covers only moves to open…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am sorry; I thought that was part of the same group.15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will take that as a check on the reins. I have nothing further to say on amendment 145, Sir Charles.15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Okay. I will not refer to them again, so I will do so. Clause 115 relates to England and Wales and makes some changes to the driving disqualification provisions where we have…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)No. Amendment agreed to. Clause 115, as amended, agreed to. Clauses 11 6 to 118 ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clause 119 Calculation of period before release or parole board…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will speak extremely briefly to clauses 119 to 123. They simply set out minor amendments to existing legislation that part 7, chapter 1 of the Bill makes. In brief, clause 119…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Clearly, in the first instance we would expect the responsible officer to exercise these powers in a reasonable way and to exercise discretion. Hopefully, as I said a few minutes…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I will follow your direction, Sir Charles, by saying just a few words on this clause, which is relatively straightforward and, I think, pretty inoffensive. Clause 130 simply…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)Any time.15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)As the shadow Minister said, clause 131 aims to ensure that children are remanded into youth detention accommodation only where absolutely necessary and as a last resort. As the…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The shadow Minister leads me to his amendment 128, to which I was going to speak in a moment, but I shall address it now as he has raised it. There will not be a hard or specific…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is more that, owing to an anomaly in the current system that is a consequence of the fixed points, people are being let out slightly early. This change really means, among…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will try briefly to respond to some of the points raised by Opposition Members in relation to clause 108. First, on whether the clause somehow infringes natural justice or the…15 Jun 2021