Contributions
1,991 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDParole System: Public ProtectionI agree with everything that my hon. Friend said. I do not think that there is a trade-off. In fact the two things go together: we want to protect the public as well as identify…30 Mar 2022HANSARDParole System: Public ProtectionMy hon. Friend is right: public protection must be the overriding priority. Moreover, it is important that the credibility of measures such as open conditions and release on…30 Mar 2022HANSARDParole System: Public ProtectionI can reassure my hon. Friend on that. The changes that we made in December should give him some reassurance. There is no risk-free approach here. What we do is try to create…30 Mar 2022HANSARDParole System: Public ProtectionToday I am publishing the root and branch review of the parole system, and copies have been deposited in the Library. I start by paying tribute to the chief executive officer and…30 Mar 2022HANSARDParole System: Public ProtectionToday, the Government are publishing the “Root and Branch Review of the Parole System: The Future of the Parole System in England and Wales”. As Secretary of State for Justice, I…30 Mar 2022HANSARDParole System: Public ProtectionI totally understand the point that my right hon. Friend makes. In truth, parole is about risk and, rightly, public protection. Either the tariff or the overall sentence should…30 Mar 2022HANSARDParole System: Public ProtectionLet me start by thanking the hon. Gentleman for his support for the decision taken today in the Tracey Connelly case. I think he also gave wholesale backing to the reforms I set…30 Mar 2022HANSARDParole System: Public ProtectionThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I heed your advice, as always. We have already cut the number of absconds by a third. Of course the measures that I introduced in December—not the…30 Mar 2022HANSARDParole System: Public ProtectionI thank the hon. Gentleman for his constructive and reasonable question. We will look at everything on training. The truth is that the members of the Parole Board come with a vast…30 Mar 2022HANSARDParole System: Public ProtectionI thank my hon. Friend for her tenacity on these issues. She makes the same point as the one my right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis) made about public…30 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Potential War Crimes by RussiaWith your forbearance, Mr Speaker, may I join the expression that you gave on the fifth anniversary of the murder of PC Palmer? I send my sympathies to the family and our total…22 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Potential War Crimes by RussiaMy hon. Friend is right. We secured the election of Karim Khan and Jo Korner. They operate independently on the Court but it is a sign of how well regarded this country’s legal…22 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Potential War Crimes by RussiaMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am always careful to allow the ICC, of which both the prosecutor and the chambers of the Court are independent, to make those…22 Mar 2022HANSARDBill of Rights and Human Rights Act 1998Although I disagree with the hon. Gentleman, I pay respect to the way he has introduced this question. There is a school of thought—I have been up to Edinburgh and discussed this…22 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Potential War Crimes by RussiaMy hon. Friend is right, although, of course, we have a war going on and we need to be realistic that that will take time and strategic patience. We had Radovan Karadžić, the…22 Mar 2022HANSARDUkraine: Potential War Crimes by RussiaMy hon. Friend will know that, because of the Sergei Magnitsky regime for asset freezes and visa bans for anyone who has committed serious human rights abuses, we already have…22 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have set out in detail our response to the Bellamy review, and indeed we matched the Bellamy recommendations on the quantum of investment and on the 15% uplift for fees. I…22 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are looking at a package of measures including financial assistance and also technical assistance, which is crucial to the preservation of evidence. The kinds of things I am…22 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and we have set out our proposals on SLAPPs. I also want to bring his attention to the submission that we had from the media group that…22 Mar 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsLast week, I went to The Hague to offer British assistance to the International Criminal Court in bringing those responsible for war crimes in Ukraine to justice. Russian…22 Mar 2022