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HANSARDVictims of Domestic Violence: Court ProceedingsI reassure the hon. Lady that the Courts Minister has said that he will meet her to discuss the matter. She will know that the cost of transcription for a full trial can be as…26 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims of Domestic Violence: Court ProceedingsThe Domestic Abuse Act 2021 was transformative with the protections it gave to domestic abuse victims through the justice system. To give just a few examples, up-front legal aid…26 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI concur with the hon. Lady that it is completely unacceptable that anyone should feel harassed or intimidated when exercising their legal right to abortion services. I hope she…26 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims of Domestic Violence: Court ProceedingsIt is specifically to address that issue that we commissioned our harms panel, which conducted excellent work, as a result of which the Ministry of Justice has conducted a pilot…26 Mar 2024HANSARD Criminal Cases Review CommissionIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for, I think, the first time, Mr Henderson. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins) for…12 Mar 2024HANSARD Criminal Cases Review CommissionI thank my hon. Friend for making that point. That is an irregularity that I have not come across before, so I will escalate that point. I thank the hon. Member for Huddersfield…12 Mar 2024HANSARD Criminal Cases Review CommissionI reassure my hon. Friend that I understand his point, and I will take advice from my officials. First, I will raise the matter with the Lord Chancellor; I told him in advance of…12 Mar 2024HANSARD Criminal Cases Review CommissionMy hon. Friend is quite correct that Mr Malkinson’s case turned on the presentation of the new forensic evidence, and the issue is when that was known and whether it was…12 Mar 2024HANSARD Illegal Drug Use and Organised CrimeI reassure the hon. Gentleman that there has been some discussion about a Home Office trip to Northern Ireland to talk about exactly that—how we can improve the…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Illegal Drug Use and Organised CrimeIn 2021, we published our own 10-year drug strategy, setting out how we are stepping up our response to all stages of the supply chain. I will summarise briefly the first elements…06 Mar 2024HANSARD Illegal Drug Use and Organised CrimeIt is a pleasure to be speaking under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Pritchard. I am very grateful to the hon. Member for East Londonderry (Mr Campbell) for securing…06 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeAround a quarter of all homicides in England and Wales are classed as domestic. In other words, the perpetrator is a partner, former partner or relative of the victim .01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeWe have also introduced a new statutory aggravating factor for murders involving gratuitous and excessive force, sometimes referred to as overkill. That is something that Clare…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeI thank the shadow Minister for his speech and for supporting the clause. In answer to his final criticism that we have abandoned women and girls, the Serious Crime Act that…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeIt is well known that this is the Ben Kinsella amendment, which Jack Straw introduced in 2007 in response to a campaign fought very passionately by Ben’s sister, Brooke, and his…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeA new mitigating factor will apply in cases where the victim of an abusive partner or family member has killed their abuser, in recognition of their experience as a victim of…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeWe have strengthened the statutory guidance to require agencies to consider discretionary management under MAPPA in all domestic abuse cases. In the last reporting year, we have…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeWe have strengthened the statutory guidance to require agencies to consider discretionary management under MAPPA in all domestic abuse cases. In the last reporting year, we have…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeIn answer to the hon. Lady’s question, in the data we have, which is from 2022, 566 people were convicted of coercive control, and it is estimated that, as she suggested, around…01 Mar 2024HANSARDJusticeWe have also introduced a new statutory aggravating factor for murders involving gratuitous and excessive force, sometimes referred to as overkill. That is something that Clare…01 Mar 2024