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HANSARDIPP SentencesI thank the noble and learned Lord for his question, and for the work that he and the noble and learned Lord Thomas have done on this area. It is really important, and the focus…15 Sept 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesI thank my noble friend for his comments. What is important is that the Parole Board is doing a fantastic job; its staff are fantastic public servants. The release decisions are…15 Sept 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesThe Sentencing Bill implements the independent sentencing review. IPPs were not in scope of that review because it focused on sentences that are still on the statute books. I do…15 Sept 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesI thank the noble Lord for his question and for coming along on Thursday. The Parole Board is the best body to decide who is safe to be released, because public protection is our…15 Sept 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesThe Deputy Prime Minister, my new boss, shares my determination to do all we can for those serving IPP sentences and their families while ensuring that we do not take any steps…15 Sept 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesThe Parole Board is the best way to determine whether someone’s risk is sufficient to be managed in the community. It is important that when IPP prisoners go in front of the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesThis Government welcome and share the Howard League’s determination to support those serving the IPP sentence, but we cannot take any steps that would put the public at risk. For…15 Sept 2025HANSARDIPP SentencesWe have 233 IPP prisoners in secure mental health hospitals. From having been to the hospitals and met the individuals, I know that the care that they get from our nursing…15 Sept 2025HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal of Prisoners for Deportation) Order 2025My Lords, I am grateful for noble Lords’ contributions to this important debate about foreign national offenders in our prisons. The noble Lord, Lord Marks, rightly referred to…08 Sept 2025HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2025My Lords, in December last year, my noble friend Lord Ponsonby made a Written Statement to the House announcing the Government’s plan to implement two outstanding recommendations…08 Sept 2025HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2025. Relevant document: 31st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny…08 Sept 2025HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal of Prisoners for Deportation) Order 2025As noble Lords will know, when this Government came to power, we inherited a prison system in crisis. From January 2023 to September 2024, the adult male prison estate routinely…08 Sept 2025HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal of Prisoners for Deportation) Order 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal of Prisoners for Deportation) Order 2025. Relevant document: 31st Report from the Secondary Legislation…08 Sept 2025HANSARDSentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2025My Lords, I am grateful for the contributions to this debate. I hope that noble and noble and learned Lords will appreciate that, due to some personnel changes in the department…08 Sept 2025HANSARDPrisons: Early ReleaseThe early release scheme that we inherited from the previous Government had a high reoffending rate. On the controlled SDS40 releases, while we are still analysing the figures,…09 Jul 2025HANSARDPrisons: Early ReleaseMy noble friend has done fantastic work championing the cause of IPP prisoners. It is clear that people should be released when the Parole Board determines that they are safe to…09 Jul 2025HANSARDPrisons: Early ReleaseWe are not abolishing short sentences entirely, and judges will retain the power to hand down sentences of under a year in exceptional circumstances—for example, to provide a…09 Jul 2025HANSARDPrisons: Early ReleaseThe previous Government introduced the end of custody supervised licence scheme, which released over 13,000 prisoners without any impact assessment. It is clear that this…09 Jul 2025HANSARDPrisons: Early ReleaseThe noble Lord has obviously been studying the plans that we have been looking at, especially the Texas model, which I think he refers to. There are two ways of looking at how we…09 Jul 2025HANSARDPrisons: Early ReleaseThe release scheme that we inherited from the previous Government was very chaotic. Far too many people left prison and were recalled very quickly, which meant that more victims…09 Jul 2025