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HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I think a very helpful fabric of possible scenarios has been identified this afternoon. I simply say that in the different…11 Jan 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Bill (Sixth sitting)I was going to complete the point. If the hon. Lady will forgive me, I will do so before I give way again. We have to create laws that apply equally to everybody in the United…11 Jan 2024HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Historical CasesI am grateful to the hon. Lady, who has raised this issue before. She will know that listing is a matter for the independent judiciary, but I do not seek to hide behind that.…09 Jan 2024HANSARDChild Sexual Exploitation: Historical CasesThe House should be in no doubt as to how urgently we are working to accelerate justice. We will have recruited 1,000 new judges by the end of this year and extended the use of 24…09 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI congratulate Torbay Council and Councillor Tranter on their excellent work to keep women safe in Torbay. Spiking is a disgusting crime that carries a maximum sentence of 10…09 Jan 2024HANSARDTackling SpikingWith permission, I will make a statement about the Government’s action to tackle spiking. Spiking is an insidious act with potentially life-threatening consequences. We know it…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingI will come back on two or three of the hon. Lady’s points. First, on the hon. Lady’s observation that few such cases result in a charge, if I may correctly her gently, the…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his wise observations. I hope that he was able to infer from my statement that what currently exists is a urine test that the police can…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingI thank my right hon. Friend for her typically wise question. She is right to mention the vape issue, which I was not previously aware of. That proves the point that whatever…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingI pay tribute to all the right hon. Lady’s work individually and as part of the Home Affairs Committee. I do not want her to be left with the impression that there is a lack of…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingI absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend and thank her for her question. First, as I said, the purpose of clarifying the law is to empower more people to be clear on their…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingI thank the hon. Lady for her question and for all her work on this issue. I think we are arguing on two sides of the same coin. We agree, without reservation, that there is a…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the exceptional work that he has done in driving this forward, working with Ministers and explaining to us issues that we may not have…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingLet me be completely clear about this. We will be amending the Offences against the Person Act 1861 so that the language of an existing statutory provision will capture the modern…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingI am glad that the hon. Lady has asked me that question, because I have had discussions with Women’s Aid and Ministers in the Department for Education very recently to discuss…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingI thank my right hon. Friend for his kind words. Yes, absolutely; that is a key feature of the reporting tool. The purpose is partly to address some of the issues that prevent…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingI do indeed think that the ability to report anonymously is a critical part of this. I hope the use of that tool on a national basis will mean that people become accustomed to…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingThe hon. Gentleman has made three excellent suggestions. I will take them all back and write to him.18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingI would like to write to the hon. Gentleman —I have said the same to others—about what we are doing in relation to festivals, but the Reading festival resonates, and not just…18 Dec 2023HANSARDTackling SpikingMy hon. Friend is quite right. Spiking intensification is a form of training that develops how the police think about this issue, but it is likely that it will have to be…18 Dec 2023