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HANSARDHM Courts and Tribunals Service: BacklogThe hon. Gentleman talks about sitting days, and the Lord Chancellor has confirmed that there will be no constraint on sitting days at present. The judiciary can list as many…16 Mar 2021HANSARDHM Courts and Tribunals Service: BacklogI pay tribute to police and crime commissioner Alison Hernandez and all those working in Devon and Cornwall and across the country. I congratulate them on being first out of the…16 Mar 2021HANSARDHM Courts and Tribunals Service: BacklogI share the shadow Minister’s concern about rape prosecutions. There is a rape review currently under way. It is being worked on by the police Minister and the Lord Chancellor,…16 Mar 2021HANSARDSentencing PolicyI understand that Scotland has the highest rate of imprisonment of any country in western Europe, so I find the question slightly surprising. However, we do accept that,…16 Mar 2021HANSARDHuman RightsThe UK has a long-standing tradition of securing human rights. Indeed, the United Kingdom, for many decades and centuries, has been a beacon around the world for the protection of…16 Mar 2021HANSARDHuman RightsI agree that fundamental human rights should be protected at all costs. The Bill we are debating does protect the right to peaceful protest, while at the same time respecting the…16 Mar 2021HANSARDHuman RightsYes, most certainly. There is no plan to repudiate our obligations under the European convention on human rights and there is certainly no plan to leave the Council of Europe, so…16 Mar 2021HANSARDHuman RightsThe review is of human rights. As I said, the United Kingdom has been a beacon of human rights for many centuries now and we intend to honour our ECHR obligations. There is no…16 Mar 2021HANSARDReclaiming Fines: Universal CreditDeductions from benefit orders are made by the court, and when the court makes them, the judge will take into account the affordability and the means of the person who is having…16 Mar 2021HANSARDReclaiming Fines: Universal CreditI ask the House to be aware that these deductions pay not only for fines but for compensation to victims, and we should be mindful of that. These orders are ultimately made by a…16 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThe shadow Home Secretary should well know and should honestly tell the House that the maximum sentence for rape is life.15 Mar 2021HANSARDDraft Judicial Pensions (Fee-paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Judicial Pensions (Fee-paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2021. It is, as always, a great pleasure to serve under your…24 Feb 2021HANSARDDraft Judicial Pensions (Fee-paid Judges) (Amendment) Regulations 2021I thank the shadow Minister for his constructive and helpful comments, and I am happy to write to him with the information that he requests. Question put and agreed to.24 Feb 2021HANSARDDraft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) (Amendment) Order 2021I am not sure that I have anything greatly to add, other than to say that, in relation to the issue of the impact assessment, we are, of course, simply replicating existing…23 Feb 2021HANSARDDraft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) (Amendment) Order 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) (Amendment) Order 2021. It is a great pleasure to…23 Feb 2021HANSARDRefugee ResettlementI can absolutely give that assurance. Of course, our resettlement work will have the financial support it requires. We intend to build upon, but also learn the lessons from, the…08 Feb 2021HANSARDAsylum System: ReformThe asylum system is in need of fundamental reform, and the Home Secretary and I will be introducing legislation in the relatively near future to do exactly that. Too many people…08 Feb 2021HANSARDAsylum System: ReformThe closure of the barracks would be made a lot easier if more councils in Scotland—other than only Glasgow—would accept dispersed accommodation. That is the sort of thing that…08 Feb 2021HANSARDAsylum System: ReformI do not agree with that. As I have said already, we have closely consulted Public Health England throughout this episode. The use of accommodation of this kind is appropriate and…08 Feb 2021HANSARDNo Recourse to Public Funds: Covid-19The Government remain committed to supporting everyone through this pandemic. Many of the wide-ranging covid-19 measures the Government have put in place are available to migrants…08 Feb 2021