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HANSARDRecalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsI thank the noble Lord for his generous words. It is the usual channels that will decide debates, but when it comes to prison building, we are sure that we just need to keep…19 May 2025HANSARDRecalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsThe right reverend Prelate can be assured that I will take the matter of victims of domestic abuse very seriously. I am sure she will be pleased to know that we will not have to…19 May 2025HANSARDRecalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsMy noble friend is right that there is sometimes a big distinction between the offences that people commit. It is important that those committing serious further offences and…19 May 2025HANSARDRecalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsThe noble Lord is exactly right. When people have been in prison, it is our job to help them when they leave so that they do not come back. Unfortunately, at the moment, far too…19 May 2025HANSARDRecalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsMy Lords, our mission is to protect the public, support victims and reduce crime. The worst thing that could happen for victims is for us entirely to run out of space in our…19 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillAmendment 15, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Marks, seeks to ensure that any guidelines about pre-sentence reports issued by the Sentencing Council are fully compliant with…19 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillAmendments 9, 10 and 17 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, would require the Sentencing Council to submit sentencing guidelines about pre-sentence reports to the…19 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillMy Lords, I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak about probation and reducing reoffending—topics that are very important. I would like to use this opportunity to shine a…19 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillAgain, I apologise for not being too repetitive, but I am very keen on making sure that I am accurate in everything that I say. I will write to the right reverend Prelate.19 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillWe are doing a large amount of work on collecting the data to understand the issue more widely, but I will write to the noble Lord with the exact information.19 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillThe Sentencing Council was very helpful in pausing its decisions. The noble Lord is right: there are a lot of moving parts at the moment, and we are waiting with bated breath for…19 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillI thank the noble Lord for the question. So I get the answer technically correct, I will write to him and other Members here.19 May 2025HANSARDSentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillI thank noble Lords for the careful consideration that they have clearly given the Bill, and I hope that I can reassure them on many, if not all, the points made. I also…19 May 2025HANSARDRecalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsThe noble and learned Baroness asks a very good question because, in my view, probation officers do the heavy lifting in the justice system. For too long, they have had too much…19 May 2025HANSARDRecalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsThe noble Lord is part of the IPP team, and we have a meeting later this week where we will be able to discuss things in detail with a number of noble Lords from across the House.…19 May 2025HANSARDPolice, Prison and Probation OfficersIt is clear that we inherited a mess from the previous Government, with a prison system on the verge of collapse and decimated neighbourhood policing numbers. This Government took…13 May 2025HANSARDPolice, Prison and Probation OfficersLast year we recruited 1,000 extra probation officers, and this year we are recruiting 1,300. It is clear that it is not just about recruiting staff and training them; it is about…13 May 2025HANSARDPolice, Prison and Probation OfficersThe latest figures are that we have 97% of the number of staff we need in our prisons, but clearly we still have a bit to go. Also, a number of those staff are yet to be fully…13 May 2025HANSARDPolice, Prison and Probation OfficersI am pleased to say that we as a Government are putting an extra £1 billion into policing, which will go a long way to addressing the neighbourhood policing issues that we have…13 May 2025HANSARDPolice, Prison and Probation OfficersI hope we will not have to wait too long for the Independent Sentencing Review; I may need to ask some noble and learned Lords about what the exact dates are. The best day I have…13 May 2025