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HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their contributions this afternoon. I will write if I miss any answers to specific questions, but I will try to answer them all here. The noble…01 Jul 2025HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025This recall works by using MAPPA levels 2 and 3, terrorist offences and so on, but, in the longer term, recall will form part of the discussions around the Gauke review and the…01 Jul 2025HANSARDCriminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025My Lords, this Government inherited a prison system on the brink of collapse. The previous Government added just 500 net spaces to our prison estate, while at the same time…01 Jul 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillThat the Bill do now pass10 Jun 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillMy Lords, I start by paying tribute to the chairman of the Sentencing Council, Lord Justice Bill Davis, after the sad news that he passed away at the weekend. He made a…10 Jun 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillI beg to move.10 Jun 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillThese are different things and we do not want to link them. The Bill intentionally deals with the Sentencing Council, not the Court of Appeal. The Bill as drafted achieves its…04 Jun 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillI am grateful to noble Lords for their continued and careful consideration of this Bill. Before I turn to each amendment in this group, I want to briefly recap why we have brought…04 Jun 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillAmendment 5 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Marks, would require sentencing guidelines about pre-sentence reports to encourage their greater use, particularly in cases where a…04 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewMy Lords, when this Government asked David Gauke and his independent expert panel to conduct a review of sentencing, its task was clear: our country must never run out of prison…02 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewI thank my noble friend for his comments. It has been the biggest privilege of my life to be given this role, and to be in your Lordships’ House to debate these crucial reforms to…02 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewI am learning how this business works, and when you go to the Treasury, you ask for what you want and then, in our case, we are happy with what we need to do the job. The £700…02 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewThe right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Gloucester has been very vocal and supportive of many of the suggestions I have been working on, not just now but before I came into this…02 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewDrugs are a problem in every prison, and the addiction that people come into prison with is often exacerbated by serious organised criminals who make money out of selling drugs to…02 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewMy approach to this job is exactly my approach to all my working life: follow the evidence and make sure you get some great people working with you who have a very clear idea of…02 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewThe amount of prison places that we will be building will mean that there are even more people in prison than ever before. We will build 14,000 places by 2031, which will mean…02 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewThe noble Lord is exactly right that housing is a key factor in the potential for someone to reoffend and go back to prison. We need to make sure that, when people leave prison,…02 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewI cannot comment on individual cases, but it is up to the judiciary to decide what sentence they hand down to offenders.02 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewI appreciate the noble Lord’s support for the general direction of travel of the sentencing review. We will continue to work with the police and others on any impacts on the wider…02 Jun 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewTo be clear, courts will retain discretion to impose short custodial sentences for offenders who have breached a court order. So 12 months or fewer is not banned; it is in…02 Jun 2025