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HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Over that period of time, you will have engaged with many, if not all, of the bereaved families, I imagine. Could you explain to the Committee your sense of what the first few…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Do you think that the current proposal sets out a public advocate who is independent enough, or would you like to see it more independent of the Minister than in the current…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Finally from me, what powers do you think the independent public advocate, as you envisage it, should have to be able effectively to do the job that you see it doing? Kimia…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fourth sitting)Thank you.22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Drawing on your own experience in relation to the Manchester Arena bombing, I am sure you will have had discussions with affected family members. Do you see anything in the Bill…22 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Second sitting)Q Finally, clause 47 provides a statutory power for the Secretary of State to dismiss the chair of the Parole Board. Does that present an issue with the independence of the board,…20 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Second sitting)Q Finally, you have been focusing on part 1, which is where a lot of the work you do is focused. If part 1 is enacted as drafted, will that improve victims’ experiences, or will…20 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Second sitting)Q Clause 36 enables the Secretary of State to take a decision that is referred to them by the Parole Board. Can you think of any circumstances in which a Parole Board might refer…20 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Second sitting)Q Clause 46 enables the Secretary of State to prescribe what description of member should handle a particular case. It relates to this idea that there ought to be more members…20 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Second sitting)Q The original draft Victims Bill—the Justice Committee, of which I am a member, did some pre-legislative scrutiny of it—just had what is now part 1. There was no extra money…20 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you think that the proposed changes to parole in part 3 will enhance victims’ rights, or are you concerned that they might raise expectations that will be dashed in practice?…20 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonIt is entirely a matter for the Committee what sanction it proposes. It seems pretty clear from what it has said that the proposed sanction was increased following the further…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonIn my 26 or so years in the House, I have never read a report from the Privileges Committee that has been so damning and excoriating. Nor have I read one that has been so…19 Jun 2023HANSARDPrivilege: Conduct of Right Hon. Boris JohnsonThe right hon. Gentleman has only just come in, but I give way.19 Jun 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill), the Chair of the Justice Committee, on which I also sit. I agreed with much of what he…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillWill the right hon. and learned Gentleman give way?15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI welcome the right hon. and learned Gentleman to his new role. I wonder whether he will be open to the idea—from those of us who have been working on this for some time—of…15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillYes, fine.15 May 2023HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy hon. Friend is correct. Where that does happen, if there is no accountability for what goes wrong, especially where there is venality—which there was at Orgreave and which was…15 May 2023HANSARD Afghan Resettlement UpdateThe bridging hotel in my constituency is still full, and about half of the 375 or so people there have been there since the evacuation. One reason why they have not been able to…28 Mar 2023