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HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Tenth sitting)I absolutely do not expect the right hon. Gentleman to have right now the data that I am about to ask for; that would be unreasonable. He raised the case of DVPOs, which are not…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the Minister tell the Committee whether the Government intend to transfer women prisoners? Literally decades of data shows that women prisoners are predominantly victims of…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)Would it not be better to put on the face of the Bill that women are carved out? I do not see any reason why we could not do that, if it is so vanishingly unlikely that a…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the hon. Lady give way?18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)I want to respond to some of what the Minister said. She told us not to worry about people’s families visiting, because 10% of them are foreign nationals. She went on to say that…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)On the point of saying here, and the law even saying, although the law does not say it, that prisoners will be returned to the UK before the end of their sentence, is there—well,…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Ninth sitting)Basically, what if there is no space?18 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Tenth sitting)I apologise.18 Jan 2024HANSARD Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillThe tribute I received about Tony Lloyd today came from the ex-chief constable of West Midlands police, who used to be the deputy chief constable of Greater Manchester police. He…17 Jan 2024HANSARDSafety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) BillTurn around and face the Committee!17 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for that and am fully in favour of more drug support services. What I was asking was whether the police have the resources to undertake the drug testing that…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)Okay. There are just not the clinical resources in police stations currently. Will the Minister outline how the testing will be funded?16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)It is not officers—it’s forensics.16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)In many domestic abuse cases—the fatal ones, sadly—the fact that the perpetrator was on drugs is used as a mitigating factor to get, for example, a manslaughter charge rather than…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)I believe in so many principles that I know in reality cannot be realised. I believe in the principle that when someone is in crisis with suicide, there should be a telephone line…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)I am not offended by the fundamentals of the clause—the idea that everybody is drug-tested. I can foresee possible abuses of the discretion that the Minister described, and I will…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)I didn’t have those either.16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)I seek clarity. There is a load of big kitchen knives on the wall in my house, and I can see them when I walk in. I deal with the issue of violence in a domestic setting all the…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)The point that my hon. Friend the Member for Bootle (Peter Dowd) made is far more eloquent than mine. The Minister is clearly very enthusiastic and learned about this issue. When…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)You shock me!16 Jan 2024