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HANSARDSentencing White PaperIt was all going so well, and then the right hon. Gentleman had to spoil it with an ill-judged, ill-timed and wholly inappropriate intervention. May I remind him that as a…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on the Government’s plans to reform the system of sentencing in England and Wales. This morning I laid before Parliament a…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperWell, that was a question of two halves. I absolutely welcome the point that the hon. Gentleman makes on behalf of the people of Cardiff South and Penarth. I have to say to him…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight the difficulty caused by having a generic starting point for all young offenders, irrespective of age and maturity. It is far…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. He knows that in our manifesto the Government committed to updating the Human Rights Act, which is entirely— [ Interruption. ] The hon. and…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for her tireless campaigning on an issue that has affected her community and the lives of people she represents. She is right to remind us of the…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to talk about Her Majesty’s Prison Liverpool; I pay tribute to the governor and, indeed, all the prison staff there for the incredible work…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for taking up the baton on that issue from her predecessor in Dwyfor Meirionnydd. She is absolutely right to draw me back to a campaign that I…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to make the point that as a point of principle those people who have been grimly accustomed to and far too familiar with the criminal justice…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperWe are of course talking about criminal justice, and I can assure the hon. Lady that she will be impressed by the progress we will make as a result of the work I have been doing…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I pay tribute to him for his long work in the criminal justice system—as a member of the Sentencing Council, for example. I warmly welcome…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperThe hon. Lady makes a really interesting point about childhood trauma. In the call for evidence on neurodivergence I want to open up some of these issues in a much more novel way,…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperMy hon. Friend is right to mention the importance of that depressing cycle of reoffending, and he will see in the White Paper ready acknowledgement of some of the drivers of that:…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperThe hon. Lady raises a tragic and appalling case. I would need to know a little more about the index offence. It may well be a matter that the family can refer to the Attorney…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperI pay tribute to my hon. Friends for their campaign to make sure that the law properly reflects the damage that can be caused to the national consciousness and the wellbeing of…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperI welcome the hon. Gentleman’s comments, and I am grateful to him. He makes a very interesting point about young offenders. I am keen to make sure that people who are sucked…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperMy hon. Friend is right to echo the comments I made about burglary being a crime against the person. She will have heard my observations about strengthening the safeguards of the…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperMy hon. Friend speaks with her own knowledge and experience as a practitioner. She is right to ask me that question, because this is not just about how to make the necessary…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperThe hon. Lady quite rightly refers to what is often termed the justice gap: the difference between crimes that are reported and the bringing of those offences to full prosecution.…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperI pay warm tribute to my hon. Friend for championing the cause of that family, who suffered an unbelievable tragedy, and trying to make something positive of it. I am profoundly…16 Sept 2020