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HANSARDStillbirths: Coronial InvestigationsI am pleased to announce the publication of a consultation on introducing the coronial investigation of stillbirths in England and Wales (CP 16), which has been laid before the…26 Mar 2019HANSARDJusticeI pay tribute to Fern Champion, who has been incredibly courageous in speaking out recently about this hugely important issue. We provide funding for 89 rape support centres. From…21 Mar 2019HANSARDJusticeI pay tribute to Fern Champion, who has been incredibly courageous in speaking out recently about this hugely important issue. We provide funding for 89 rape support centres. From…21 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human RightsI am grateful to the hon. and learned Lady, as ever, for her question. We work closely with the Scottish Government. I am always willing to listen and speak to them, and I will…12 Mar 2019HANSARDVictims Giving EvidenceMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Victims expect justice to be done, and when someone is convicted of a crime and sentenced, they expect them to serve that sentence. Of…12 Mar 2019HANSARDVictims Giving EvidenceI mentioned the hon. Lady’s work campaigning for victims, and she is particularly active in campaigning for the rights of those who have suffered child sexual abuse. She makes an…12 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human RightsThe hon. and learned Lady will correct me if I am wrong, but I believe Professor Miller chairs that advisory group. We debated this issue in Westminster Hall some weeks ago and I…12 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human RightsI do not accept that our position on the ECHR is ambiguous. Both the political declaration and the White Paper make it clear that our future relationship with the EU should be…12 Mar 2019HANSARDFemale OffendersThe “Female Offender Strategy”, which we published last summer, sets out a raft of specific commitments underpinned by our vision to see fewer women coming into the criminal…12 Mar 2019HANSARDFemale OffendersEvery death in prison is a tragedy, and we are committed to improving the safety and support available to all in our prisons. The rate of self-inflicted deaths in women’s prisons…12 Mar 2019HANSARDVictims Giving EvidenceThe hon. Lady has done so much on this issue and on campaigning for victims more widely. While a range of special measures already exist, we can and will do more. As she will…12 Mar 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to Fern Champion, who has been incredibly courageous in speaking out recently about this hugely important issue. We provide funding for 89 rape support centres. From…12 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human RightsThis country has a long tradition, which long predates the ECHR or the EU, of championing and setting the highest standards on human rights. The Human Rights Act 1998 reflects…12 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean Convention on Human RightsMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular meetings with Cabinet colleagues relating to the UK’s exit from the EU and issues such as our approach to human rights and…12 Mar 2019HANSARDVictims Giving EvidenceI am grateful to the shadow Minister for once again highlighting an important and distressing situation. I am reassured that my hon. and learned Friend the Under-Secretary of…12 Mar 2019HANSARDVictims Giving EvidenceThe hon. Lady highlights an issue that the House has quite rightly debated on several occasions. I hope that all such relevant considerations will be examined in the end-to-end…12 Mar 2019HANSARDVictims Giving EvidenceMy hon. Friend is consistent in speaking up for victims’ rights, and I believe that his county’s police and crime commissioner has spoken about such rights more broadly. He is…12 Mar 2019HANSARDVictims Giving EvidenceThe hon. Gentleman makes his point powerfully, as always. We have undertaken a number of reforms of the court system and the criminal justice process, and he will have seen in the…12 Mar 2019HANSARD Recall of Women to PrisonsIt is always a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone, which I seem to be doing quite frequently. I congratulate the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Foreign National Offenders: Prison TransfersMy hon. Friend is clearly clairvoyant, because my next note addresses exactly that point. Under the transfer agreements, the mechanism allows us to transfer a sentenced prisoner…19 Feb 2019