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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)Will the Minister give way?25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)Because the Minister has just said that trauma is now recognised, will she go the whole hog and include the word in her wonderful clause 1?25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I want to make a short contribution based upon my experience before I came into the House, which was a shocking length of time ago. It was 24 years ago, in fact, and now I have…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that by including a broad spread of representative organisations at all levels of the police, whether trade unions or staff associations, and at all…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I saw that kind of situation many times in my practice as a solicitor. I always felt that it would have been better to have prevented these things from happening. I believe that…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I congratulate my hon. Friend on tabling the amendment. Does she agree that one of the problems is that for too long there has been a culture in the police of making do, being…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that it is not enough just to ask, “How are you?” in the context of a culture that expects people to be okay, and that, consequently, the Minister can…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. When I was the Minister for disabled people—a long time ago now—I led on recognising British Sign Language as a language. The Bill amends the 13th person rule by…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Third sitting)Q Would you like to see problem-solving courts rolled out without being piloted first? Why pilot them when we know what their benefits are? Sam Doohan: Certainly, in the present…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Third sitting)Q Can I ask Unlock if they have anything to add? Sam Doohan: While we talk about the further end of the criminal justice system, rather than the sentencing part of it, one thing…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Third sitting)Q Can I ask our witnesses about problem-solving courts? We have had them before. In fact, when I was the Minister of State for Justice and Equalities before the 2010 election, we…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Q There are supposed to be pilots of the serious violence reduction units—I think Merseyside, my area, is one of the pilot areas. Do you have any experience of those kinds of…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Q May I ask about secure 16-19 academies: the new initiative, delayed for various reasons, to try to break that link between being in custody and educational achievement ending up…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. Let me welcome Iryna back. I hope she can hear us. We can now see that she is moving, so hopefully she can hear us. Iryna, I am asking about the serious violence…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you. You do not sound entirely convinced that it will be a great initiative, but no doubt the proof of the pudding will be in the eating when we see these things…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Thank you to our panel for turning up early. I want to give you an opportunity to tell us anything you like about your views on the powers for policing protests in the Bill. Are…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Finally from me, do the changes in the Bill on custody for children and options for children make enough good provision to distinguish between the needs of boys and the needs of…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I think the Law Society does have some concerns about some aspects of the Bill. Would you like to set out to us the main areas of concern that the Law Society has? Ellie Cumbo:…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Q The Bill, if it is enacted, would increase the initial bail period to three months, with extensions to six months, nine months and then beyond nine months. Would you set out…20 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Are there difficulties for solicitors and lawyers who seek to assist those accused who might be on bail or release under investigation for long periods? Are problems caused by…20 May 2021