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HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)We welcome the provisions in clause 11, which relate to extending the time period in which the unduly lenient sentence scheme may be applied for. However, as the official…24 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (First sitting)I was just going to offer the panel the opportunity to say whether there is anything not in the Bill that they would like to see included.17 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (First sitting)Am I out of time, Dr Murrison?17 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q To pick up on this theme, Assistant Chief Constable, the police show all the time that it is possible to move and restrain people legally, do they not? Genna Telfer: Yes.17 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q I have a question for Baroness Newlove, in the first instance. I understand that there are new measures in the Bill that allow you to look into individual cases for the first…17 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q A quick question: would you support the publication of sentencing remarks to support transparency, and to enable victims to reflect on what was said in court? Sarah Hammond:…17 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q So how is this different? Genna Telfer: It is not; it is exactly the same, but we do not move them easily. If someone does not want to be moved, there is a risk to the people…17 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q Just to pick up on this point, as well as tabling the extension to 56 days, the Opposition have also taken up the point that the witnesses mentioned about awareness. With…17 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q The focus of what we are trying to do in this amendment is to put the victims at the heart of it. The police and crime commissioner talked about this potentially turning into—I…17 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q As the official Opposition, we have tabled an amendment to increase the force with which the justice system can compel the convicted to come to their sentencing hearings. We are…17 Jun 2025HANSARDVictims and Courts Bill (First sitting)Yes—sorry. That is why in the amendment we have suggested that victims need to be consulted about what would happen. Obviously that would be a risk, but that should be the…17 Jun 2025HANSARDAntisemitism on University Campuses1. What assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of StandWithUs UK’s “Voice of Students 2024/25” report on antisemitism on university campuses.16 Jun 2025HANSARDAntisemitism on University CampusesWhat StandWithUs UK sets out in its report into antisemitism and support for terrorism at British universities is a source of national shame. It is high time that we heeded the…16 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear PowerWales has incredible potential for the next generation of nuclear, but Labour’s announcement yesterday is a fraction of what is needed. Green baseload power that stabilises our…11 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power7. What discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the future of nuclear power in Wales.11 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. Research from Centrica, which is headquartered on my patch, shows that Hive has saved domestic customers half a billion pounds on their energy bills since its inception. Does…10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI broadly support unitarisation on a strategic scale, but I am concerned about how historic debts will be treated in Surrey, especially those of Woking and Spelthorne councils.…09 Jun 2025HANSARDGaza: UK AssessmentI thank the Minister for his clarity that genocide is a legal test of whether a crime has been committed “with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial…14 May 2025HANSARDUK-EU SummitI start by paying a small tribute to the Government because just last week they passed secondary legislation, albeit made possible by the Conservatives’ groundbreaking Genetic…13 May 2025HANSARDMaternity Improvement StrategyLast year’s birth trauma inquiry report exposed that maternity services in this country are woefully underfunded, and now the Health Secretary intends to cut the budget for…06 May 2025