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HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s confirmation that the Scottish Government support these provisions. Clause 5 relates to the setting of licence conditions. Clause 6 makes…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillIt has been a great privilege to listen to so many extremely fine speeches this afternoon, but I would particularly like to pay tribute to my hon. Friend the newly elected Member…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI am conscious of time. I would be happy to give way in Committee to debate this at greater length. I very much look forward to hearing my hon. Friend’s further views on this and…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillMadam Deputy Speaker, you are extremely kind. I thought I had about 10 seconds left. I would like to use up my remaining one minute and 10 seconds, as it is now, by saying that…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI would like to respond briefly to some of the points made in Committee, as well as speaking in support of clauses 1 to 10 and schedules 1 and 2 standing part of the Bill. Perhaps…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillOf course, the Government and Parliament think carefully about retrospection and rightly take a circumspect view. Several changes to sentencing have been made over the past five…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI thank the hon. Lady for her important intervention. The radicalisation of one prisoner by another is a deeply invidious phenomenon, and she is right to highlight it. The normal…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillWe will consider all terrorist offenders as part of the review. Of course, the sentencing provisions I just described would not be appropriate for all terror offenders—just the…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillIt is a Home Office matter, but I do not think work has stopped simply because of the issue with the reviewer. In conclusion—12 Feb 2020HANSARD Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillI thank the hon. Member for giving way, despite my non-lawyer background. I am of course interested in what he says, and have been listening extremely carefully, as he has seen.…12 Feb 2020HANSARD Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) BillWe are standing here today because of two incredibly tragic cases: the tragic murder of a wonderful young women, Helen McCourt, 32 years ago at the age of just 22, in the prime of…11 Feb 2020HANSARD Criminal LawThe hon. Lady makes a fair point. Sentencing and more time in prison for serious offenders is very important, for the reasons that other Members have outlined, but rehabilitation…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Criminal LawOf course, the longer that is spent in prison, the more opportunity there is to deliver rehabilitative services. If we look at reoffending rates in general, they are worse for…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Criminal LawAs always, my hon. Friend raises an extremely pertinent point. I can confirm that these programmes will be a focus both for Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service and, of…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Criminal LawHow can I resist an intervention from the hon. Lady?28 Jan 2020HANSARD Criminal LawMy hon. Friend has been a tireless campaigner for victims’ rights and ensuring that justice is done. I can give him the assurance he is asking for. This is just a first step. The…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Criminal LawEnsuring that this cohort of prisoners stays in prison for a bit longer does serve the public interest and public safety, because they cannot commit further offences while they…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Criminal LawI would expect nothing less from my hon. Friend than a forensic and detailed question. In fact, I do have those figures. Perhaps it would be worth going through the details of how…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Criminal LawI thank my hon. Friend for raising that case once again. I completely agree with the sentiment that he expresses. When a perpetrator of a serious offence automatically gets…28 Jan 2020HANSARD Criminal LawI thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. I should make it clear—I will explain this in a bit more detail in a moment—that the standard determinate sentences under…28 Jan 2020