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HANSARDPrison Officer Pension AgeThe Government are unable to agree with the somewhat colourful language used by the noble Lord. The Government have the highest regard for our prison officers, who stand on the…18 Mar 2024HANSARDPrison Officer Pension AgeMy Lords, I entirely agree with my noble friend that it was a great pity that the arrangements negotiated in 2016 were rejected by the Prison Officers’ Association in 2017. Since…18 Mar 2024HANSARDPrison Officer Pension AgeMy Lords, I take the point the noble Lord is making. When I had the honour to join this House, I was told that life begins at 70, which has a certain amount of truth in it these…18 Mar 2024HANSARDPrison Officer Pension AgeMy Lords, the Government will certainly continue to look at this policy. As the noble Lord says, the job of a prison officer is absolutely not like our job. On retention and…18 Mar 2024HANSARDPrison Officer Pension AgeMy Lords, my understanding is that the 2011 Hutton report to which the noble Lord refers made a distinction between certain uniformed services—the Armed Forces themselves, the…18 Mar 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2024That the draft Order laid before the House on 22 February be approved. Relevant document: 16th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee18 Mar 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2024My Lords, in October 2023, my right honourable and learned friend the Lord Chancellor said in the other place that the Government would review the use of recall to ensure that the…18 Mar 2024HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2024My Lords, I compliment the noble Lord, Lord Bird, on his intervention. Personally, I think it is full of common sense. We know that a large number of people in prison,…18 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I again thank noble Lords for all the points made on this part of the Bill. I shall take it first in the general and then the particular. In the general, these…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, from the point of view of the Government, I am not in a position to accept the premise advanced by the noble and learned Lord. I hear what he says. I do not accept, as I…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I compliment the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, for the force and sincerity with which she put forward her views, as indeed have other noble Lords who have…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI do not wish her noble friend to place overreliance on the word “quite” in terms of statutory amendments. Statutory amendments are rather different from a proper approach in the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI just need to finish. Noble Lords come at me from all directions, which is perfectly fine, but I need to finish the group. I turn next to the amendment proposed by the noble…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI thank my noble friend Lord Clarke of Nottingham for inviting us to foregather at the Dog and Duck and consider what more can be done. I venture to suggest—hint is too weak a…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillYes, and yes. On the basis that I accept, on behalf of the Government, the importance of this topic, I invite the noble Baroness to withdraw her amendment.12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, following on from what the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, said, the Government agree entirely that our joint objective is to arrive at a package of measures that…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI do not know that one would use the word “inconceivable”. The Government do not see any prospect of that happening at the moment.12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI thank the noble Baroness for those questions. As to whether I was speaking of IPP specifically, I cannot off the top of my head recall whether the 2020 work was specifically in…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. I will first briefly recap some basic points that apply equally to the second and fourth groups of amendments that we will come…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I entirely understand the point that the noble Baroness is making, which effectively encapsulates the problem that we are up against: how do we protect the safety of the…12 Mar 2024