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HANSARDFood Supply and SecurityMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lady Boycott on her persistent pursuit of this important issue, including obtaining this debate, which she introduced so comprehensively.…14 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Department for Work and Pensions UpdateWhat is the situation regarding those released from prison? Before Covid-19, they could not go to jobcentres to apply for universal credit until they had been released. The…05 May 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Prisons and Offender RehabilitationMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord German, on asking this important Question and look forward to the Minister’s response. At Second Reading of the Coronavirus Bill, I…23 Apr 2020HANSARDCovid-19: CharitiesMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Dannatt I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper.24 Mar 2020HANSARDCoronavirus BillMy Lords, I will raise two unconnected points in connection with the Bill. First, I admit to being very surprised to see no mention in it of prisons, which the noble and learned…24 Mar 2020HANSARDCovid-19: CharitiesMy Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. As chairman of the National Emergencies Trust, my noble friend has been pressing the Government to put a significant amount of money…24 Mar 2020HANSARDTerrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) BillMy Lords, like my noble friend Lord Carlile, I am less concerned with the legal niceties of the purpose of the proposed legislation than with the inadequacy of current…24 Feb 2020HANSARDRelease of Prisoners (Alteration of Relevant Proportion of Sentence) Order 2019My Lords, as has already been said, this order implements a commitment made by the Prime Minister in the summer of 2019. That commitment was made as part of a review, conducted…22 Jan 2020HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, in the short time available I intend to focus on the justice section of the gracious Speech, particularly the announcement that there is to be a royal commission “to…08 Jan 2020HANSARDPrisons: Pregnancy HealthcareMy Lords, when I suspended my first inspection of HMP Holloway after discovering that women were routinely chained while in labour, I was very disturbed to discover that there was…31 Oct 2019HANSARDOffender Management and TreatmentMy Lords, one has only to read recent reports from the quality assurers of the management and treatment of offenders in prison and the community—the chief inspectors of prisons…03 Oct 2019HANSARDOffender Management and TreatmentMy Lords, I thank everyone who has contributed to this debate, which, if I might say, summed up the House at its very best. I am particularly grateful to the noble Lord, Lord…03 Oct 2019HANSARDOffender Management and TreatmentThat this House takes note of the case for reforming the management and treatment of offenders in prison and the community.03 Oct 2019HANSARDCriminal Justice System: WomenMy Lords, I, too, congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, on obtaining this important debate and on his introduction to it. I salute him for his two reports on families which…25 Jul 2019HANSARDFeltham Young Offender InstitutionMy Lords, this incident reminds me that when I was chief inspector, I used to have to inspect Feltham every year because it was such a troubled organisation. Can the Minister tell…24 Jul 2019HANSARDProbation: Voluntary SectorMy Lords, the consultation response that the Minister mentioned is long on thoughts and ideas but particularly short on any implementation plan. Can the Minister please tell the…05 Jun 2019HANSARDRehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2019My Lords, it is as long ago as 1999 when the Better Regulation Taskforce examined the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and questioned its relevance. That was followed by an…20 May 2019HANSARDProbation ReformMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for quoting the interim report that I was required to write by the Shadow Minister for Justice. I note that he quoted my paragraph saying…16 May 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillI rise to oppose the KCPO proposal, as I did in Grand Committee. I shall not repeat all the arguments that I raised then, because other noble Lords have already mentioned them.…26 Feb 2019HANSARDOffensive Weapons BillMy Lords, I too support the amendments. I was at the speech given by the Secretary of State for Justice last Monday, in which he said that in the last five years, there have been…26 Feb 2019