Contributions
735 recent contributions in Hansard
HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Eleventh sitting)Twenty-two!06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Twelfth sitting)It sounds to me as though the Minister is accepting the amendment.06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Eleventh sitting)I agree with that. It is easy to lose trust, and it is hard to gain it; it is very hard to regain it once it is lost—that is my experience of these things. I will give one…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Twelfth sitting)I rise very briefly to support my hon. Friend’s amendment. A statutory duty of candour is an essential part of giving confidence to families caught up in public disasters. The…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Eleventh sitting)I very much welcome the fact that clause 24 enables the Secretary of State to appoint an independent public advocate, no matter how much we might disagree about how we should do…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Twelfth sitting)I wish to say something about new clauses 16 and 17, but also new clause 1 because I have had an involvement in this matter. I have constituents who lost their 15-year-old…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move amendment 74, in clause 27, page 20, line 27, at end insert— “(e) an independent panel to establish the truth of what happened” This amendment enables the…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Twelfth sitting)I am slightly disappointed by the Minister’s response on what seemed to me a straightforward set of amendments that would simply increase transparency. I heard what he said about…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Eleventh sitting)I acknowledge that there are pros and cons to both approaches. The right hon. and learned Gentleman is pointing out what he sees as the downside of a standing appointment. One…06 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the Minister give way on that point?04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving way so early in his remarks. Does he agree that for a Victims’ Commissioner to be effective, they have to be in post? Can he give us an…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I am having a look again at the report of the Justice Committee—the pre-legislative scrutiny of what has ended up being the first part of the Bill. The Select Committee raised the…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I also approve of the fact that the MP filter is going, but it has had some advantages. They have, perhaps, paled in comparison with the disadvantages, but I have always found…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I understand my hon. Friend’s point. Indeed, when I first came into Parliament many moons ago, that was how it worked; it was just one of those roles that one had, and so one…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Ninth sitting)I rise to support all the amendments, but I will briefly say something about amendment 19. We have all come across extremely distressing cases of fraud in our constituency. In…04 Jul 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister will be aware that there have been controversies surrounding private prosecutions—the Horizon scandal springs to mind—but that there are also other private…29 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)Will the Minister give way again, before he goes on? I am not seeking to try his patience.27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise briefly to support my hon. Friend’s amendment. She has touched on an important point: the difference in treatment between offenders who end up in jail and those who end up…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)Dame Vera Baird, the former Victims’ Commissioner, said in evidence: “There is a statistic—from 2020, I think—that 70% of people who have been through the criminal justice system…27 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Sixth sitting)I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham for tabling the amendment. It is very easy to forget about disabled people in our public services, and there is an obligation…27 Jun 2023