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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)Has my hon. Friend heard, as I have in my constituency, that assaults and threats towards shop workers have actually worsened during the pandemic? They were at quite a bad level…24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)I am going to be pedantic now, but if the offences are separated yet the cause cannot be proved, the charge will have to be on the “allow” bit, which is the lower level of offence.24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)You are only the Minister.24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twentieth sitting)If we separated “cause” and “allow”, would we not be in the same position of not being able to prove which of the parents did the deed?24 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventeenth sitting)The Minister is indicating a willingness to look carefully at this. Does she expect the strategy to which she is referring to end up creating new legislation? Does she expect new…22 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventeenth sitting)The Minister is making an interesting point about classifying animals in law as sentient, which is overdue. Does he foresee such a change leading to changes in this legislation?…22 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Does the Minister accept that many of these offences leave the victims feeling powerless? Powerlessness, and having things done to them, is part of the horror that arises from…22 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again. I welcome the fact that he is going to conduct a review. In doing that, could he see whether any research already exists or do…22 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Seventeenth sitting)“Rare” is a relative concept. Would the Minister like to tell us how many people were remanded in this way during, say, the last year for which he has figures?22 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixteenth sitting)If jurors break their oaths and say things outside or reveal things that they should not, there can be contempt proceedings and punishments. Will the same punishments apply to the…17 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Not quite. I was suggesting that perhaps the Minister should legislate for indeterminate sentences in particular circumstances and give the judge that discretion, but in a much…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Yes.15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The old IPP sentences had their problems; they were much too widely used and were not originally intended to be that widely used. There was an issue about them, certainly.…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)indicated dissent.15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I was not suggesting that; I was not suggesting that people who have been given determinate sentences should then arbitrarily suddenly find themselves with an indeterminate…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Of course, there was also the North Liverpool community justice centre, which I think the Minister may have referred to, which extended the problem-solving court technique to all…15 Jun 2021HANSARD Hillsborough: Collapse of TrialsI thank Lord Chancellor for his careful and thoughtful words. It is 32 years since the 96 people were unlawfully killed having gone to watch a football match, primarily through…10 Jun 2021HANSARD Hillsborough: Collapse of Trials(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make a statement on the collapse of trials relating to the Hillsborough disaster and subsequent…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)Does the Minister accept that despite the Government’s intentions, good as they may be, to reduce disparity, the reality is that it is not reducing and has not reduced since the…10 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Twelfth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that being against this kind of disparity is all well and good, but the only way one can reduce it, which I believe is the Government’s policy, is to be…10 Jun 2021