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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)The shadow Minister highlights one of the issues that we grappled with in the course of drafting the victims funding strategy. I pay tribute to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner for…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Lady makes a couple of points. First, my remarks a moment ago were made in the context of the broader debate that can often happen around the funding of services. To her…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I take the hon. Lady’s point. I am no longer a Health Minister, but I suspect that were I ever to be so lucky as to be reshuffled back into that role, she would gently, or perhaps…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I suspect that I have but two or three minutes more, and I hope that in that time I will be able to address adequately the hon. Lady’s concerns. The funding strategy’s oversight…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I will not test your patience in that way on a Tuesday morning, Mr Hosie. The duty to collaborate will further improve our understanding of both local need and the services…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)How can I say no to the hon. Lady?04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I also met Rob Behrens, the ombudsman, and I pay tribute to him and his team for their work. I am pleased by the broad consensus in the Committee. I note what the shadow Minister…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her amendment, which, as she set out, would require relevant authorities for a police area to conduct a joint strategic needs assessment—I may…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I give way to the shadow Minister, but let us hope she does not dissuade me from what I am about to say.04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)As the day goes on, Mr Hosie, I get more dextrous when it comes to finding the right piece of paper to respond to interventions or, indeed, to your swift running of the Committee.…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)The right hon. Lady makes a couple of important points. First, on the different methodologies, while I expect that we will want to see consistency in the application of principles…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)There were a number of points there, to which I will respond swiftly for the benefit of the Committee. I note the point made by the shadow Minister about having asked for such…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)When responding to the right hon. Member for Garston and Halewood, I should have thanked and paid tribute to the work of the Justice Committee for its pre-legislative scrutiny,…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)The hon. Lady did not quite succeed in dissuading me from what I was about to say, which is that although I am unable to accept the hon. Member for Rotherham’s JSNA amendment at…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I will, but I suspect that I know the question.04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I reassure the hon. Lady that if she allows me to develop my point a little, I will address her specific JSNA point before I conclude. As the hon. Lady will be aware, we published…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the right hon. Lady for her intervention; I said that I thought that I could predict her question, and I did—in my head—with a fair degree of accuracy. I gently…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)Clause 21 simplifies the process for victims of crime to escalate complaints about their experiences as a victim. The policies and approach introduced in the legislation will lead…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Tenth sitting)I will refrain from biting—I almost did. To help ensure that women and girls are safe everywhere, in July 2021, we published our cross-Government tackling violence against women…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Tenth sitting)With your permission, Mr Hosie, I will address clause 15 and then, once I have heard Opposition Members’ arguments, speak to new clause 8 at the end. Clause 15 introduces a…04 Jul 2023