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HANSARD Youth JusticeI am grateful to my hon. Friend, and of course I know his city of Peterborough very well. Peterborough has a vibrant third sector, and we have to get it involved in offering…18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeI should call to mind not just the work of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, but the youth guarantee introduced by the Secretary of State for…18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeI say very gently to the hon. Gentleman that we can do both. We can improve education in our youth custody system—I entirely accept that there is more to do, particularly coming…18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeI am grateful to my hon. Friend not just for championing these issues from the Back Benches, but for the tremendous work she did while she was Children’s Minister. She will be…18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeThe Tories have a mixed record when it comes to youth justice and keeping young people out of criminality. We should remember that their local authority spending cuts led to a…18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeOn the issue of restorative justice, we are working with Jacob Dunne in particular to make a difference—he was involved in that punch situation. I hope to get to Northern Ireland…18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeExactly—we used to have them, and the Tories abolished them. We want to bring them back and grow their numbers so that we can support these young people. There are a range of…18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeThis is one of the few occasions—the first ever, I think—when I have agreed with the hon. Lady, specifically about the context for these young people. She brings tremendous…18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeI know that my hon. Friend has a tremendous track record in championing issues of disproportionality in this House and beyond this place, and we are grateful for all the work that…18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeBehind the hon. Gentleman’s question is a serious issue. The evidence suggests that short custodial sentences have poor outcomes, with recidivism of almost two thirds, whereas…18 May 2026HANSARDYouth Justice Reform and Delivery PlanToday I am publishing the Government youth justice White Paper, “Cutting Youth Crime. Changing Young Lives”, which sets out our plan to reform the youth justice system in England…18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeAt this point, it is important to mention the county lines programme, which sits with the Home Office. We in the Ministry of Justice work very closely with it, and it is making a…18 May 2026HANSARD Youth JusticeI recognise why the hon. Gentleman has raised the extremely rare circumstance in which we would expect a judge to remand a parent in custody, but I think he will agree that the…18 May 2026HANSARDPrison ReleasesOn 27 February 2026, Dame Lynne Owens submitted to me her independent review into releases in error. I want to place on the record my personal thanks to Dame Lynne for the…15 Apr 2026HANSARDPrison WorkforceI am today confirming the Government’s decision on the pay award for prison staff. Prison service pay award 2026-27 Having carefully considered the 12 recommendations made by the…26 Mar 2026HANSARDNational Listing FrameworkMy hon. Friend will have heard that we are also piloting new digital and AI-enabled tools to support listing, helping the judiciary to make better use of data. I hope she will…17 Mar 2026HANSARDFamily Courts: Child Focused ModelI am pleased to announce today the national roll-out of the child-focused model, formerly known as the private law pathfinder, in the family courts. The child-focused model…17 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI want to start by expressing my deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Jeff Blair, one of our country’s court bailiffs, who was tragically killed last week.…17 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe sexual exploitation and rape of children by grooming gangs is one of the darkest moments in this country’s recent history. We accepted all of Baroness Casey’s recommendations.…17 Mar 2026HANSARDJury TrialsIf the hon. Gentleman had listened during the Second Reading debate, he would have heard me say that demand in the system is up. Police arrests are 10% up. For all those reasons,…17 Mar 2026