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HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)On a technical point, could this technology also be used to find witnesses on the bus, for example? I do not expect the Minister to know the answer to that question, but just to…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)An education, Minister!16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)With regard to that particular case, the Minister is absolutely right. It would seem that somebody could use reasonable force to get Lucy Letby there. The fact that she is a woman…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship once again, Ms Bardell. I am pleased that the Minister leaned on it being a year on from the child abuse inquiry—not one of whose…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I will intervene.16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I feel I know what grooming is, but, on the Minister’s earlier point about the Court of Appeal reducing the sentence, without a proper definition of grooming or at least a working…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)Continuously, yes.16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)You would be lucky.16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)If there is nothing to stop a judge in a case where an adult has been sexually exploited as an adult because of multiple perpetrators over many years—different faces changing,…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I did not for one second think that I was asking for a new offence. If I had been, I would have tried to write it into the clause. The Minister is suggesting that there are not…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I absolutely agree. There is undoubtedly a pattern with cuckooing. Funnily enough, one of the other things we do not define in law, which I am hoping goes through in the Victims…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I will speak to new clauses 27 to 29. I do not disagree on the issue. I worked very closely with the families to get Clare Wade’s review up and running under the then Lord…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)A girl can dream! I will speak to a number of changes because, if we are going to make a point about the end of a relationship, we have to also think about some of the other…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Eighth sitting)I do not actually move them yet, as we do not do that for new clauses until the end. I was saying to myself, “I don’t think I have to do anything.” I have, of course, already…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Seventh sitting)During the evidence sessions it was made very clear, by both experts in the field and the police officers, that currently there is absolutely no possibility of this resource being…16 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifth sitting)I might be showing my entire ignorance of signal jammers, but is there no other use for these bits of technology? I can see whether there is when it comes to stamping things on…11 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixth sitting)I missed Clare Wade’s evidence because I was unwell when she gave evidence to this Committee. Are we to assume that the clause will be used in the prosecution of cases where…11 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifth sitting)I know the answer.11 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixth sitting)I will speak more broadly about the issue in a moment, and I am pleased to hear what the Minister has said; that is what we would all want to see. However, I am concerned about…11 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Fifth sitting)I think I am at risk of offending you in the Chair, Dame Angela, but may I have the data for whether rape, child abuse or domestic violence have gone up or down?11 Jan 2024