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HANSARDOffender Rehabilitation Programmes: EffectivenessThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right that the people who work in the prison and probation services are critical to driving down reoffending. We have an independent pay review…10 Jan 2023HANSARDImmigration Courts: Waiting TimesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is part of the solution, and I am working closely with the Home Secretary on that. Our aim, working together, is to eliminate the backlog…10 Jan 2023HANSARDImmigration Courts: Waiting TimesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. He will have heard what the Prime Minister said about the five pledges, one of which is to end the small boats coming across illegally. I…10 Jan 2023HANSARDBill of RightsThe Government were elected with a manifesto to reform human rights. We have published the Bill of Rights, and we will bring it forward for Second Reading as soon as parliamentary…10 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for Rape VictimsWe have a comprehensive package of measures under way to improve support for victims of rape, and I can tell the House that in the last year, adult rape convictions rose by 65%…10 Jan 2023HANSARDBill of RightsI thank the hon. Lady for at least giving me the opportunity to rebut some of the myths that are flying around. The truth is that the terrible situation at Mid Staffordshire was…10 Jan 2023HANSARDOffender Rehabilitation Programmes: EffectivenessI am afraid I do not accept that litany of spin. The fact is that crime— [Interruption.] No, I will tell the hon. Lady what the facts are. Excluding fraud and computer misuse,…10 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for Rape VictimsI thank the right hon. Lady for raising that very important and sensitive case with me. I cannot talk about the details, but I will write to her with the answers to the questions…10 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for Rape VictimsI have to start by paying tribute to my right hon. Friend for the exceptional job that he did working on this issue in the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. The increase in…10 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for Rape VictimsThat critique is total and utter nonsense. There is not a shred of substance to it. The Bill of Rights will actually help victims of crime, not least by enabling us to deport more…10 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for Rape VictimsI will tell the hon. Lady exactly what we are doing. We have introduced a 24/7 rape support line. We have rolled out Operation Soteria in the way that my right hon. Friend the…10 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for Rape VictimsThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to raise that case. That notification should happen. I will take this up and write to him afterwards. That support for victims right through…10 Jan 2023HANSARDImmigration Courts: Waiting TimesWe are committed to ensuring faster throughput in immigration and asylum tribunals to support the Government’s priority to combat dangerous small boats crossing the channel.10 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for Rape VictimsThe hon. Gentleman will know that our plans for a Bill of Rights retain membership of the European convention, but we have said that withdrawal is not off the table forever and a…10 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for Rape VictimsI thank the hon. Lady for raising that important point. She will know that the victims Bill has gone through pre-legislative scrutiny—I am poised to respond to the Chair of the…10 Jan 2023HANSARDSupport for Rape VictimsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right and I thank him for raising that. It is critical for victims of rape across the United Kingdom. The new 24/7 support line is available to…10 Jan 2023HANSARDOffender Rehabilitation Programmes: EffectivenessI thank my hon. Friend, who has been a doughty campaigner on this issue. He is right about the Government, who are a significant employer and can show a lead. I can tell him that…10 Jan 2023HANSARDOffender Rehabilitation Programmes: EffectivenessThe proportion of persons released from custody employed at six months from their release rose by almost two thirds over the last year, and we are delivering the further measures…10 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI do not accept that categorisation. What I would say is that we have introduced a whole range of measures, from drug testing to X-ray scanners, and we are now seeing enforcement…10 Jan 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsNo, and as I announced just a few moments ago we are introducing more scanners so that we detect, pick up and stop the flow of contraband into prison, whether drugs, mobile phones…10 Jan 2023