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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 96, in clause 32, page 24, line 25, at end insert— “(fa) the nature and seriousness of any conduct by the prisoner which— (i) is alleged, (ii) is as yet…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Twelfth sitting)We welcome clause 34, which will allow future changes in the release test to be made by affirmative statutory instrument. The Worboys case demonstrated inadequacies with Parole…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the Minister for those comments. I note his point about the drafting of the amendment perhaps going further than the judgment in Pearce. Given the importance of getting…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Twelfth sitting)This victims Bill is long-awaited. Although it is good to finally be on my feet, I should say that part 3 is a distraction to debating the real and serious issue of victims. Many…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am grateful for those assurances about working together on this. On that basis, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed,…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Twelfth sitting)I thank the Minister for setting out the clauses comprehensively. They are broadly welcome, in that they introduce a new public threshold in legislation. Although putting the…06 Jul 2023HANSARDHis Majesty’s Prison and Probation ServiceI thank the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill), the Chair of the Justice Committee, for speaking so persuasively, as always, on these incredibly important…04 Jul 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseI recently met a group of residents who live in a new build block that has a heat network. That means that they cannot access the domestic energy market and are not protected by…29 Jun 2023HANSARD Migration and Economic Development PartnershipToday’s judgment says that Rwanda’s physical capacity for housing asylum seekers is limited to 100 people. That represents less than 0.5% of the people who crossed the channel…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Seventh sitting)My hon. Friend is making a really powerful speech. Does she agree that many of us have seen cases in our surgeries where mothers who have escaped domestic abuse tell us that they…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. I want to mention the family of Gemma Robinson. Gemma was the victim of a horrific assault by a former boyfriend. She took her own life…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)Throughout the country, children are being used by criminal gangs to do their bidding, and they are often subjected to the most sophisticated coercion, intimidation, duress, abuse…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fifth sitting)As constituency MPs, we all receive reports of antisocial behaviour. A constituent came to me because her neighbour regularly throws human waste out of the window. Can it really…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that if the Bill is really going to serve victims, it is important that it sets out what must be done rather than what should be done? We all know that…27 Jun 2023HANSARDPrison OvercrowdingOver the past 10 years, more than 3,000 prison places have closed and community sentences have halved, and the three new prisons planned will not open before 2027 at the earliest.…27 Jun 2023HANSARDSentencing Hearings: Offenders’ AttendanceI have listened to what the Secretary of State has said, but the Government have had 13 years to compel criminals to attend courts to hear their sentences. The Government’s…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Second sitting)Q Part 3 of the Bill had no pre-legislative scrutiny; do you think it would have benefited from that? How much engagement has the Parole Board had with the Government on that part…20 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Second sitting)Q The proposed new release test introduces a public protection threshold. How does the Parole Board currently approach risk? Is the new test likely to result in a change in how…20 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Second sitting)Q In the Bill, there is a checklist of things that it is proposed the Parole Board should take into account when making those decisions. I heard what you said about it not making…20 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Second sitting)Q The Bill gives the Secretary of State powers to veto the Parole Board’s decisions in certain cases. Do you think the reforms could impact on the Parole Board’s decision making…20 Jun 2023