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HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q What is your view on the suspension issue? I have unfortunately heard of a case where a police officer was suspended for safeguarding concerns, shall we say, and was put on…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)I think that’s the problem. Dame Vera Baird: That is the point, so it needs tackling. But just sex offences—does it apply to flashers or people online? I do not know. I think it…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q And, just to be clear, on the number of people who go on to murder, is it the group who would currently fall under MAPPA in, to use the Minister’s words, the “most serious”…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Okay. Going back specifically to the issue of confiscation, how do you foresee this working with the resources on the ground? I speak as somebody who, in the break between the…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)That is good to hear. Professor Lewis: We are really pleased to be able to work with the Government to implement our recommendations in so many projects; I think it is five in the…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Yes. Nicole Jacobs: I will send the Committee a report that I just published last week, which is a compilation of findings from 300 domestic homicide reviews. We published four…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q I find it highly unlikely. So, you think there needs to be a further review of compensation for victims. Professor Lewis: Yes.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q High? Professor Lewis: Yes. It is fantastic.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q So would you like to see those in the Bill, rather than just this MAPPA situation? Nicole Jacobs: I would love to see you consider ways that you could have a more active…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q On the vetting issue—I raised this with the chief constable who was in front of us earlier—you have eloquently said that the vetting of police officers should be taking place…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q So there is a situation in our country today where somebody could be found in the family court to have multiply sexually abused a child in that home, and that would not appear…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)I too will give you— Andy Marsh: Very rarely do we find right and wrong.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q You said that you were pleased with the parts about intimate images. Do you foresee that this will increase and encourage victims of that particular crime to come forward? Dame…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q Baroness Newlove, although Nicole could undoubtedly answer this as well, in your work with victims of serious child sexual abuse, sexual violence, domestic abuse—in fact, any…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q On the point about DAPOs and MAPPA, do you think that MAPPA currently covers all those who are suffering serious domestic abuse and then go on to be murdered, for example? Dame…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q So you are awaiting a response. Therefore, although you are pleased to see quite a lot of things in the Bill, there are quite a lot of examples of things that the Law Commission…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (First sitting)Q One in five of those, so you can all do the maths quickly—because the Prime Minister tells us that that is important. Last year, the conviction figure on coercive control was…12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Q Automated. Andy Marsh: Yes, automated.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)And it is currently not available. Andy Marsh: Difficult choices.12 Dec 2023HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Second sitting)Database, AI and so on. Andy Marsh: Yes. So many of the searches that are required for vetting can be put into robotic processes, with ultimately the human being making the…12 Dec 2023