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HANSARDSentencing BillI start by thanking noble Lords and the noble and learned Lord for tabling their amendments, their interest in this topic and their considered words. I reassure the noble Lord,…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, Amendment 120 is in my name. I will also speak to Amendments 123 and 124 in my name. These three amendments are minor and technical, and we have tabled them as small but…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI thank the noble Lord and will very happily meet with him next week to discuss that, as I suspect that there may be other matters that we wish to discuss on this Bill. I would be…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI will write to the noble Baroness with exact details. I have quite a few details in my head, but I want to get it right, so I will write.03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing Bill03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI will take the noble and learned Lord’s comments away and read that again, but that is also why our quarterly Peers’ meetings on IPP are so important in discussing all these…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI thank noble Lords for their helpful comments, which explain why this is such a difficult and important area. We need to keep the public safe, but we also need to keep working as…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillWith the leave of your Lordships, I would like to clarify my comments on Amendment 88, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Foster. We have already publicly committed to legislation to…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI am very happy to meet as suggested. It is a very good idea.03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillWe may not bring forward an amendment, but we will legislate to make sure this happens. Amendment 9003 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI would like to begin by thanking noble Lords for giving the Committee the opportunity to debate the capacity of the criminal justice system. I must of course start by saying that…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillOur expert probation staff who manage the risks in the community are experts in determining the risk that offenders pose, including IPP offenders. It is therefore their…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Russell of Liverpool, for this amendment and for raising awareness of the Marie Collins Foundation on the first day of Committee. I…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, it is, and should remain, the role of the court in sentencing to determine the requirements that should apply to a particular community sentence and how they are varied.…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI thank noble Lords for these amendments and for providing me with the opportunity to clarify the Government’s position on recall reforms. The policy in this Bill is designed to…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillI will now address these amendments, which were spoken to very powerfully, on the imprisonment for public protection, or IPP, sentence. As noble Lords know, this is an issue that…03 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillWhat happened to Lenny Scott is absolutely appalling, and we need to ensure that we do all we can so that no other prison officers, or previously serving prison officers, have the…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, it is a great honour to have the opportunity to speak for the Government during the second day in Committee on the Sentencing Bill. I am grateful to the noble and…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillAs noble Lords know, I have devoted much of my life and career to criminal justice reform, in particular, how to reduce reoffending. Because of this, I am particularly pleased to…01 Dec 2025HANSARDSentencing BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord and the noble and learned Lord for the opportunity to discuss these important issues. I appreciate that these amendments seek to improve…01 Dec 2025