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HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend always speaks with passion on behalf of victims of crime in North Cornwall. He knows that the county of the Duchy sits within the Devon and Cornwall police and…14 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that specific point. It deserves closer scrutiny, and I would be happy to engage directly with her on the issue.14 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI listen with interest to the hon. Gentleman’s observations. I am extremely keen for local initiative to flourish. We are seeing that in other court centres right across the…14 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very grateful to my hon. Friend, who is a member of the Joint Committee on which I served in a previous Parliament. I am grateful to the Committee for its report on human…14 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI think it would perhaps be a little reckless of me to commit to more legislation. I already have a very full legislative agenda, but I am certainly happy to engage further with…14 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his previous service as a member of the Sentencing Council and his work in the youth justice sphere. He is right to recognise that the 18 to 25…14 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his assiduous representation of the many hundreds of prison officers in his constituency, and he is right to draw my attention to those…14 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady will be glad to know that I have already committed to the second stage of the consultation to do that, to reflect fully the nature of the work undertaken by…14 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that my hon. Friend takes a great interest in the work of the staff at HMP Peterborough. It has been a difficult time for all prisons, whether publicly or privately…14 Jul 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her question. She is right to highlight the tremendous success in the reduction of the number of children in custody, but the disproportionate…14 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the way in which she brought the issue to the debate via her amendment and the constructive approach she has consistently taken. Yes, I can…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, and with alacrity I give her that undertaking. I know that my colleagues in the other place will share the same ambition that we have here,…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I want to place on the record my thanks to all the officials who have laboured very hard in both the Home Office and the Ministry of…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. It is a real pleasure to have made it to the first Third Reading of this Bill. As the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillMy right hon. Friend tempts me into new territory. As the Government and I develop a White Paper on sentencing reform that will be published later in the year, we will have ample…06 Jul 2020HANSARDCourts and Tribunals: Recovery and ModernisationI am today setting out progress being made to recover the operations of our courts and tribunals in response to the pandemic. Responsibility for the courts and tribunals is shared…01 Jul 2020HANSARDPrisons Building ProgrammeMy right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has previously made clear his focus on tackling crime and last year announced investment of up to £2.5 billion to create 10,000 additional…29 Jun 2020HANSARDYouth CustodyYouth offending has fallen—to 38.4% in the latest youth justice statistics —thanks to successive Governments’ efforts to improve education, social care and mental health support.…18 Jun 2020HANSARD Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords]I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his continuing interest in, support of and commitment to issues relating to the family. They are values and views that he and I share. I take…17 Jun 2020HANSARD Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I thank right hon. and hon. Members from all parts of the House for their careful scrutiny of the Bill throughout its…17 Jun 2020