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HANSARDMental Health Act ReformWe are determined to work across Government to modernise the Mental Health Act 2007 so that it ensures that patients receive the right care in the right setting at the right time.…16 Mar 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her continuing interest in this important process. We are consulting widely on these proposed reforms, including service users, carers and…16 Mar 2021HANSARDMental Health Act ReformI am very grateful to my hon. Friend who, from his professional experience, has a great deal of expertise and knowledge in this area. Among other reforms, we want, in particular,…16 Mar 2021HANSARD Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThey don’t like it when the truth is explained to them. They think that they have the moral high ground on all these issues. Well, I can tell you that there is no monopoly on…16 Mar 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts BillThis Government were elected on a clear manifesto commitment to make our country safer. This means toughening sentences for the worst crimes and bringing offenders to justice…09 Mar 2021HANSARDJudicial Mandatory Retirement AgeFollowing my recent announcement of the Government responses on reforms to the judicial pension scheme and on proposals to address the unlawful age discrimination identified in…08 Mar 2021HANSARD“Closed Material Procedure” Provisions in Justice and Security Act 2013: Statutory ReviewI am today announcing the establishment of the statutory review of the “closed material procedure” (CMP) provisions in the Justice and Security Act 2013. The use of CMP is set out…25 Feb 2021HANSARDJudicial PensionsI am today publishing the Government response to two consultation documents on judicial pensions which my Department launched, and which I presented to this House, on 16 July…25 Feb 2021HANSARDNational Preventive MechanismThe United Nations optional protocol to the convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (OPCAT), which the UK ratified in December…04 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is right to raise the particular challenges facing women prisoners. There does seem to be a different effect of the current restrictions on women prisoners as…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay warm tribute to my right hon. Friend. Indeed, I met her recently in connection with her important work, which she has championed for many years. She will be glad to know…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will furnish those precise figures to the right hon. Gentleman when they are finally available, which will be very shortly. May I deal with the general points that he makes? It…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI join my hon. Friend in his tribute to staff not only at HMP Bure but at every institution in the prison estate and the wider Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service community…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady is right to raise the position with regard to our outstanding prison officers. She can be reassured that as a result of the Chancellor’s announcement regarding the…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is quite right to highlight the particularly egregious nature of offences that are based either on the threatened spread of covid or on the abuse of trust that is…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman makes a very reasonable point. I can assure him that the degree of partnership with the DWP is better than it has ever been, with work coaches in our prisons to…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that important issue. He is right to talk about retail workers being on the frontline. He can be reassured that in relation to…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend will understand that it is very important that proper calculations are made about prison capacity and that we do not end up in a position like that under the last…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise this issue. We have taken steps to minimise the risk from transfers. We allow only essential transfers—for example, where courts need to be served…02 Feb 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady, but she must not repeat the myth that covid is out of control in our prisons. It serves nobody’s interests, least of all those of staff who are…02 Feb 2021