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HANSARDProbation ServicesAs ever, the hon. Gentleman is the champion of the leading question, and I am not going to fall for that old trick. As he knows, I do not take an ideological view of this. There…11 Jun 2020HANSARDProbation ServicesI am grateful to my hon. Friend, who is right to highlight the stark figure for the financial cost of reoffending—of course, it does not deal with the emotional, physical and…11 Jun 2020HANSARDProbation ServicesThe hon. Gentleman will be glad to know that that is precisely the approach I take. I have a strategy—it is called reducing reoffending. He will know that that means bringing…11 Jun 2020HANSARDProbation ServicesMy right hon. Friend raises an important point. She will be glad to know that a lot of work is being done to improve the training of probation officers, particularly as regards…11 Jun 2020HANSARDProbation ServicesI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who I know has a long interest in these issues, but I remind him of what I said a few moments ago about the £155 million uplift in this…11 Jun 2020HANSARDProbation ServicesI am grateful to my right hon. Friend, and I can give him that reassurance because, as he reminds us, we are talking not just about a service, but the people who deliver that…11 Jun 2020HANSARDProbation ServicesI am grateful to my hon. Friend. He knows that I value the work that he did prior to his election to this House very greatly indeed. He is right to outline some of the options…11 Jun 2020HANSARDProbation ServicesLike the hon. Lady, I have visited Brixton prison. I know the current governor well and I know a lot about the importance of having those establishments within a community. The…11 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy right hon. Friend is right to remind us all of the need for constant vigilance. He described the current covid crisis as a distraction; it is a serious and grave crisis and all…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that issue. I can give her the strongest reassurance that, though at times it might appear, from some of the coverage of how terrorism…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI pay tribute to the work my hon. Friend did in my Department at the beginning of the coalition Government. He is right that in many instances the removal of flexibility in…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI know the hon. Gentleman’s community very well through my work in the criminal justice system. It sounds as if his community has particular criminal justice problems—that would…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI am extremely grateful to the Chair of the Justice Committee for giving way. He is helping to develop the debate in an extremely productive way. I can assure him that I have…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe death of George Floyd in the United States and the protests that have been taking place across the globe are stark reminders that we live in a world where prejudice sadly and…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises an interesting point. He will of course understand that it is for the courts to judge each individual case, but I am confident that the work being done…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend, whom I am delighted to see back in his rightful place, speaks powerfully for the communities of Colne Valley, whom he represents and has represented so ably. He…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman knows from my long background as a legal aid practitioner that I always work constructively with the professions and engage closely with the representative…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI am grateful to the Chairman of the Select Committee for his indulgence. I was talking about the need for flexibility. That is why we are making the change. I served on the…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI did not mean it in those terms. Clearly where we have a regime specified by statute, it needs to be applied rigorously. I was talking about operational flexibility, bearing in…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTenant Eviction: Coronavirus Act 2020The Government took the necessary action through the Coronavirus Act to ensure that landlords could not start proceedings to evict tenants until at least September, and on Friday,…09 Jun 2020