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HANSARD Sentencing BillThis is very much still on topic. The challenge with the argument that Labour Members put forward on rehabilitation is that it presupposes that all we need to do is put someone on…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillMy right hon. Friend is talking about a contradiction in the Government’s position, but is there not another one? Labour Members and Ministers in particular talk about the volume…21 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillDoes the hon. Member think it appropriate for an immigration judge to support and advocate for a charity that is actively trying to stop asylum laws being implemented? Should an…21 Oct 2025HANSARDDraft Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice (Alteration of Overall Compensation Limits) Order 2025It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. The draft order will increase the limits on the overall compensation that may be paid to individuals who have…20 Oct 2025HANSARD Official Secrets Act Case: Witness StatementsThe battle with China is not just an economic one; it is also a battle of ideas about how the state should operate, and the fact that this case has collapsed is making a complete…16 Oct 2025HANSARD Criminal Courts: Independent ReviewIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mr Efford. I begin by warmly congratulating my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Kenilworth and…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Criminal Courts: Independent ReviewWill the Minister give way?14 Oct 2025HANSARD Criminal Courts: Independent ReviewJust for information, I have read the whole report and it does not do the Minister justice, given her usual, sensible approach, to suggest that the fact I and many other hon.…14 Oct 2025HANSARDInternational Rail Services: AshfordIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Desmond. I thank the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye (Helena Dollimore) for securing this important debate and the work…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Security Update: Official Secrets Act CaseThe Minister has made great play of the need to work cross-party on this issue. May I gently suggest to him that the time to do that was before the case collapsed, not afterwards?…13 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillWill the hon. Lady give way?16 Sept 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillI am grateful to colleagues on all sides of the House for their contributions to the debate, and I welcome the Minister to his post—I think today is his first time at the Dispatch…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I know the new Justice Secretary will not want to be accused of misleading the House on such important matters. A moment ago, he…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillThe hon. Member will have noted that at the outset of my remarks I said that I have never been entirely in support of all the policies of a Government of either party on these…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillLabour Members should do their job as advocates for women and girls and advocates for all victims of crime, and vote against these horrendous proposals this evening.16 Sept 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillRapists and sexual offenders will spend less time in prison as a result of this Bill. Does she know that?16 Sept 2025HANSARDPrison SafetyI am sure that the whole House will join me in paying tribute to the murdered prison officer Lenny Scott, whose killer was found guilty and sentenced over the recess. It is hard…16 Sept 2025HANSARDPrison SafetyI am sure that prison officers will welcome any future announcements that the Lord Chancellor makes. We have talked this morning about preventive measures we can take to ensure…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Duty of Candour for Public Authorities and Legal Representation for Bereaved FamiliesI will go on to talk about some of the other steps that we did take. Labour Members might reflect on the many things that, in opposition, they called for, demanded and promised to…03 Sept 2025HANSARD Duty of Candour for Public Authorities and Legal Representation for Bereaved FamiliesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I thank the hon. Member for Liverpool West Derby (Ian Byrne) for securing this important debate. He has been a…03 Sept 2025