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HANSARDCriminal Court ReformI am very grateful to the shadow Justice Secretary, although I am a little surprised that in his tirade, he never once mentioned victims—not once. Not once in his clip did he talk…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformI am hugely grateful for my right hon. Friend’s expertise in these areas. She will know that for lots of reasons, particularly to do with poverty, many women are affected by…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformWith your permission, Mr Speaker I will make a statement on criminal court reform. As the House is aware, the first part of the independent review of criminal courts was published…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformI am grateful to my hon. Friend for all his work in these areas. Yes, I can commit to that evaluation, which is very important indeed. In his report, Sir Brian estimated that the…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformFurther to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Just to clarify, I did discuss these proposals with the incoming Victims’ Commissioner. Today, an event on violence against…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformOn 9 July 2025, part 1 of the independent review of criminal courts, chaired by Sir Brian Leveson, was published. I am grateful to Sir Brian and the panel of expert advisers for…02 Dec 2025HANSARDCriminal Court ReformThe hon. Lady mentions a range of issues that are important in ensuring that our 80 or so courts and 500 courtrooms are working effectively. That is why we have asked Sir Brian…02 Dec 2025HANSARDPrisoner Releases in ErrorWas the hon. Gentleman not listening? I discussed the cases just a few moments ago, and I discussed how those cases emanated prior to those checks—many of them—and that one of the…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPrisoner Releases in ErrorI can give my hon. and learned Friend that undertaking. That is why we have brought forward the sentencing review and increased the removal of foreign national offenders to 5,000.…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPrisoner Releases in ErrorWith permission, Mr Speaker, I shall make a statement on releases in error from prison. On Armistice Day, let me begin by paying tribute to those we honour: Members of both Houses…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPrisoner Releases in ErrorThis is a crisis that we inherited in our prison system. [Interruption.] That is worthy of sober reflection, because the shadow Justice Secretary knows that when the Conservatives…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPrisoner Releases in ErrorMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I think the public recognise that. They might not have visited our prisons, but they know that cuts in our public services are real. They…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPrisoner Releases in ErrorI am grateful to my hon. Friend for all that he has been doing on these issues for many years. His words echo those of the prison inspector. My hon. Friend of course knows that…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very happy to look at that and ensure that a Minister meets with the right hon. Gentleman.11 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend did a valiant job as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, constantly revisiting these issues. She will have noticed how successive Justice Secretaries under the…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI saw the Northern Ireland Secretary’s statement last week. The right hon. Gentleman will know that there has been considerable lawfare and that the scheme proposed by his…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe do publish statistics in the usual way after they have been properly analysed. We have to make sure that all facts are verified, and we have done that in the same way that the…11 Nov 2025HANSARDPrisoner Releases in ErrorI say to the hon. Lady, who reflects on the releases in error, that 57,000 people are released from prison every year. I am sure that, like me, she will commend the good work of…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsCan I just remind the right hon. Gentleman that, just before the general election in July 2024, his Government had three different versions of their early release scheme? We…11 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman knows that that email, which was sent in error, referred to women. He knows that when we are talking about women offenders, the system must understandably…11 Nov 2025