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HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)I will double check that number, but my understanding, which I will check, is that as a consequence of the measures the total prison population will increase by 50, which is…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)Good morning. It is good to see you in the Chair again, Mr McCabe. Let me start by responding specifically to the amendment, and then I will try to pick up one or two of the more…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)My reading of the term “other offences” in line 3 the hon. Gentleman’s amendment is offences not caught by the scope of the Bill. Let me turn to the questions that the hon.…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)The clause sets out a number of offences that will be included in the list of offences that are eligible for receiving an extended determinate sentence in Scotland, from the date…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 21 substitutes schedule 6 to the Bill for schedule 13 of the sentencing code. It is designed to ensure that, in all circumstances, specified terrorist offenders will spend…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 18 has the same effect—raising the maximum licence period to 10 years. This time it applies to offenders aged over 21 in England and Wales, and it makes that change by…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)Clause 17 has the same effect as the previous clause, but applies to offenders up to the age of 21. It does that by amending section 268(4) of the sentencing code. Question put…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)As we have discussed, the clause extends the maximum possible licence period for serious terrorist offenders aged under 18 when given an extended sentence of detention. It gives…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)Such young people will not move on to the adult prison estate until they turn 21, so that immediately provides some reassurance, I hope. The more general point that the shadow…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)I must say, the shadow Minister has painted for me a truly horrifying picture, namely membership of the Liberal Democrats followed by crushing defeat at a general election. Let…02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fifth sitting)While under the age of 21.02 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you. Would you agree that the historical involvement of the Parole Board in offering the possibility of early release does not really have any meaningful impact on…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for his detailed exposition of some of the risks that we must seek to navigate and overcome. For justice to function, we must make sure that it is…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)Let me come on to that point, which is the substance of the amendment. The amendment calls for an assessment prior to the clause coming into effect; it does not ask for an…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)Where there are concerns of the nature of those raised in the Lammy review, which I think the shadow Minister or the hon. Member for Coventry North West mentioned earlier, the…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)The purpose of clause 2 is to create new categories of offences in relation to the new serious terrorism sentences. It defines the meaning of a “serious terrorism offence” in…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)Clause 3 has essentially the same purpose as clause 2. Clause 2 applied to England and Wales; clause 3 does essentially the same thing in relation to Northern Ireland, by amending…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)Under the Sewel convention, where a provision in UK legislation touches on a matter that is devolved to one of the nations of the United Kingdom, one applies for a legislative…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)I will speak to the amendments relating to younger offenders. There are a couple of things to be clear about first of all. For the sake of absolute clarity, offenders who are…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)The cohort that I have described are dangerous, have been found to be dangerous by a judge following a pre-sentence report and have tried to kill multiple people. With this very…30 Jun 2020