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HANSARDTopical QuestionsReform-led Derbyshire county council has recently abolished its climate change committee and scrapped its aim to tackle the causes and impact of climate change. Will the Minister…18 Nov 2025HANSARDEngagementsQ8. Prior to the general election, the Health Secretary visited Amber Valley and declared it an NHS dentistry desert. Since then, I have secured £240,000 of additional funding,…12 Nov 2025HANSARD Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human RightsMy hon. Friend is making a very powerful speech. I was looking at some of the examples of how this mechanism protects people in the UK. For example, the injunction served on The…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human RightsOn the subject of criminal co-operation, before I came into Parliament I was an international liaison prosecutor. My job was to get evidence from overseas and help to get people…05 Nov 2025HANSARD Council of Europe and the European Convention on Human Rightsrose—05 Nov 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillMy new clause 36 seeks to implement a key recommendation of David Gauke’s independent sentencing review, on which the measures in this Bill are based. The new clause proposes that…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillDoes the right hon. Member realise that the Sentencing Council does not just pluck out of the air its sentencing recommendations? It consults widely with a variety of…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillI absolutely agree. As my hon. Friend will have seen—she sits alongside me on the Justice Committee—there is clear evidence to back that up. Secondly, starting the process of…29 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillI thank my hon. Friend, the Chair of the Select Committee. I greatly trust and rely on his opinion. It is essential that rehabilitative work is available to all in prisons, as I…29 Oct 2025HANSARDHolidays During School Term TimeOn that point, is the Minister also concerned about local authorities such as Derbyshire county council, whose leader is parroting the sentiments of the hon. Member for Clacton…27 Oct 2025HANSARDHolidays During School Term TimeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I thank the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for opening this important debate. The strength of…27 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillMy hon. Friend is making a powerful case that I wholeheartedly support. She is outlining not only the real problems that gambling addiction causes but the trauma that often leads…21 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning TargetIn my constituency of Amber Valley the David Nieper academy teaches employability skills in conjunction with local industry, and it has had zero NEETs—those not in education,…20 Oct 2025HANSARDHigher-level Learning Target18. What steps her Department is taking to ensure that it meets its target of two thirds of young people participating in higher-level learning.20 Oct 2025HANSARD Work for Serving PrisonersI am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and I agree entirely with what she says about the importance of meaningful work or purposeful activity in prisons. On that basis,…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Work for Serving PrisonersAs part of the Justice Committee’s inquiry on rehabilitation and resettlement, we received evidence showing that ROTL use has declined, particularly since covid; it has not really…15 Oct 2025HANSARD Criminal Courts: Independent ReviewIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. Intervention to fix the Crown court backlog is needed now. Without radical reform, things will only get worse; but in…14 Oct 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillDoes the hon. Member agree that requiring an offender to look at the root causes of their offending is far from the easy option? Facing up to those life difficulties is very hard,…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillI thank the hon. Member for his intervention. I am saddened to hear that that is his position, but I am afraid it does not change my view of the Bill. Strict and stringent…16 Sept 2025HANSARD Sentencing BillAs a former Crown prosecutor of 21 years, like my hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Matt Bishop) and my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony…16 Sept 2025