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HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillThis is an important Bill, which will have a significant impact on many aspects of the criminal justice system for many years to come. I wish to thank colleagues who contributed…21 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Protection of Prison StaffOn 5 May, the shadow Minister for Prisons and Probation, my hon. Friend the Member for West Ham (Ms Brown), wrote to the Department regarding concerns about the treatment of…14 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsA decade of under-investment and savage cuts in legal aid critically weakened the criminal justice system long before coronavirus. Time and again, month after month, the Bar…14 Jul 2020HANSARDLammy ReviewAs we have heard, recommendation 34 of the Lammy review said that the criminal justice system “should learn from the system for sealing criminal records employed in many US…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Lammy ReviewTo ask the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the Government’s implementation of the Lammy review.30 Jun 2020HANSARD Lammy ReviewIn this country, we have two major political parties with different visions of our past and our future, but on some matters of political importance, it is right for us to work…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Lammy ReviewWill the Minister give way?30 Jun 2020HANSARDProbation ServicesI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. I, too, want to give my thanks to the National Probation Service and for the work of our CRCs, particularly at…11 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI am very grateful to my hon. Friend for the interest that he takes in these issues and the seriousness and expertise with which he brings them to the House. He is absolutely…09 Jun 2020HANSARDSecure Estate for Young PeopleAs children in the general population continue to return to school, those in youth offender institutions remain locked up in their cells for almost the whole day, without any…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his careful and considered observations. Of course he is right in what he says, because when we are talking about this category of…09 Jun 2020HANSARDSecure Estate for Young PeopleThese extra limits on contact must mean that now, more than ever, holding children in custody should be a last resort. One third of all children on the youth estate are being held…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Billrose—09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillThe point of terror attacks is to make us despair, but the public’s response to them shows us why we are still right to believe in hope. We saw that clearly in the attack on…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. On the issue of polygraphs, does he note that the independent reviewer also says that there is an absence in the Bill as…09 Jun 2020HANSARDDepartmental Priorities: Covid-19 ImplicationsPeople still need justice, even in an emergency. In normal times, more than 200 jury trials ordinarily take place in England and Wales each week. During the height of the covid-19…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that when the Secretary of State talks about flexibility, it would be helpful if there were some evidence, given that the cases that have been…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. He allows me to say that I, too, lost a very dear friend—James Adams—in the bombings in July 2005. I will never forget…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy hon. Friend is right to raise the question in the manner that she does, because fundamental to our policing model in this country, even where it relates to terrorism, is the…09 Jun 2020HANSARDDivorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords]I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. Ever since I first came into this House, it is true: we have had a sort of friendship across the aisle. I say that with a degree of…08 Jun 2020