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HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Q Can I come back to the issue of incentivisation or early release? Do you believe that that is actually important, and in what way does it impact on your officers’ employment?…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Civil Service AppointmentsNational security is reserved, but protecting communities requires co-operation with Governments and agencies that are devolved. How can the devolved Administrations have…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)I am happy to accept that parliamentary drafting has its complexities; it is a skill way beyond my level of competence, but I appreciate the difficulties that go with it. I am…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Fourth sitting)I beg to move amendment 43, in clause 6, page 8, line 10, at end insert— “(ea) the court does not impose an order for lifelong restriction under section 210F of the Criminal…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Q Scotland does not have a polygraph regime, if we can call it that. Can you give me some information about how uniform it is across Europe, for example? Professor Silke:…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Q Professor Silke, I do not know whether you are aware, but in Scotland there is a sentence called the order for lifelong restriction, which is indeterminate but allows for…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Q I have one final question. Scotland does not have a regime operating polygraph tests. In your experience, how do you think Scotland could establish one, regulate it and be able…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Q Mr Acheson, you are well sighted on the Scottish system with the Risk Management Authority and the order for lifelong restriction. You talked about good regime designs not being…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Q Finally, given the importance being put upon separation centres, which do not, so far as I know, exist in the Scottish Prison Service, have you any idea how your colleagues…30 Jun 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Third sitting)Q In Scotland, we have a particular order called the order for lifelong restriction. That will be trumped by a mandatory sentence under the Bill. The order for lifelong…30 Jun 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseMany of my constituents have expressed concern at the merger of DFID and the FCO. The 0.7% contribution is for the alleviation of suffering and the improvement of developing…25 Jun 2020HANSARDReading Terrorist AttackOn behalf of my party, I wish to start by expressing our sorrow at the lives that have tragically been lost and extending our deepest sympathies to the families and friends, and…22 Jun 2020HANSARDComprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (Accession)With the grave threat posed to our own public services, let alone to those of developing nations, by the investor-state dispute settlement, will the Secretary of State commit to…17 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy constituency stands to benefit from offshore energy coming ashore, yet it is hampered by prejudicial grid charges and investment in infrastructure going elsewhere. Will the…16 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsEast Lothian prides itself on its food and drink sector, which is gravely threatened by reduced standards in animal welfare and production. The Government failed to enshrine…10 Jun 2020HANSARDDepartmental Priorities: Covid-19 ImplicationsWhat recent assessment he has made of the implications of the covid-19 outbreak for his Department’s priorities.09 Jun 2020HANSARDDepartmental Priorities: Covid-19 ImplicationsAs the Secretary of State is aware, 10 prison staff have died from covid-19. As in the health and social care sector, it is not medals that staff want, but decent pay and…09 Jun 2020HANSARDConstitutional LawThe right hon. Member for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (David Mundell) has pre-empted some of the comments that I was going to make. This legislation does go back to my…19 May 2020HANSARD Future Relationship with the EU: NegotiationsFollowing the point well made by the hon. Member for Croydon Central (Sarah Jones), it is not just the wants of our economy but the needs of our society that depend on these…19 May 2020HANSARD Windrush Lessons Learned ReviewThis is a welcome statement and a welcome start, but it is only a start. The old maxim applies: legislate in haste, repent at leisure. The tragedy is that the price paid by some…19 Mar 2020