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HANSARDTopical 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 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 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 criminal justice system can struggle to meet the needs of those who live with serious mental health problems or conditions such as autism and learning disabilities or learning…02 Feb 2021HANSARDCriminal Legal Aid: Independent ReviewFollowing the accelerated package of measures amending the criminal legal aid fee schemes announced in August, I announced that the next phase of the criminal legal aid review…14 Jan 2021HANSARDWhiplash Reform ProgrammeI would like to provide an update on the whiplash reform programme. The Government remain firmly committed to the implementation of the necessary and proportionate measures set…11 Jan 2021HANSARDIndependent Review of Terrorist Supervision: Government ResponseIn November last year, Usman Khan, a convicted terrorist being supervised in the community on licence and managed under the statutory multi-agency public protection arrangements…17 Dec 2020HANSARDJudicial Conduct Investigations Office: Annual Report 2019–20With the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, I will today publish the 14th annual report of the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO). The JCIO supports the Lord Chief…17 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsWith respect to the hon. Gentleman, he perhaps misses the whole point of the judicial review—independent review—which is all about making sure that the current ambit of…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise an important issue that we undertook to get ready by the end of the year. I am confident that it will be ready by the end of the transition period…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to the hon. Lady for her consistent and passionate campaigning on this important issue, which is an addiction for far too many people. As she knows, my right hon.…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman will be glad to note that, throughout this pandemic, the Ministry of Justice has funded accommodation support for people who otherwise would be released into…08 Dec 2020HANSARDYouth Justice: Racial DisparityWith respect to the hon. Gentleman, he is just wrong about that—totally wrong. In the last 10 years, there has been a fall of 83% in the number of children receiving a caution or…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend. I know that he met my colleague the Minister of State for Prisons and Probation at the end of November to discuss the issue of the consultation. I…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree with the hon. Gentleman about the central importance of judicial review, and he will remember that that is set out in the terms of reference. The review will report…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsJustice is a vital public service and a cornerstone of our success as a society, which is why the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced huge investment in the system as part of…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend can be reassured that the Courts and Tribunals Service is working daily to review its plans. I am sure that he will be glad to note that, in the magistrates courts,…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. and learned Lady knows that I gave evidence to the Committee of which she is a member about a week or so ago and acknowledged the important point made by the Committee. I…08 Dec 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is important to note that, as a result of increased diagnosis and testing, we have been able to establish with greater certainty the number of prisoners who are symptomatic or…08 Dec 2020