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HANSARDTenant Eviction: Coronavirus Act 2020My hon. Friend knows that I am more than happy to hear more detail about those individual cases if he writes to me this week. On the general point, I can assure him that this was…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman is making totally unfair comments from a sedentary position. We have started, particularly with regard to immigration, to increase the amount of money that is…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThank you, Mr Speaker. We are trying to make sure that the work that is done, particularly in immigration cases, which often involves a lot of preparation in skeleton arguments,…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI know that my hon. Friend speaks with conviction on behalf of his constituents. He knows that necessary steps were taken with regard to the covid crisis to allow a measured…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that important matter, but she can be reassured that the work done by the right hon. Member for Tottenham (Mr Lammy) and my Department’s…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTenant Eviction: Coronavirus Act 2020Your non-intervention, Mr Speaker, shows how ingenious Members of Parliament can be in weaving in themes to questions. I admire my hon. Friend’s tenacity. He will be glad to know…09 Jun 2020HANSARDEarly Prisoner Release: Domestic ViolenceDomestic abuse is an abhorrent crime, and I am determined to better protect and support the victims of abuse and their children and to bring perpetrators to justice. I also…09 Jun 2020HANSARDEarly Prisoner Release: Domestic ViolenceThe hon. Gentleman will be glad to know that the Home Secretary and I discuss many issues relating to domestic abuse. With regard to public funding and access to justice, he will…09 Jun 2020HANSARDEarly Prisoner Release: Domestic ViolenceThe hon. Lady raises an important point about summary-only offences, which, although relatively speaking they might be not as serious as some other types of charge, have real…09 Jun 2020HANSARDDepartmental Priorities: Covid-19 ImplicationsCovid-19 has indeed brought unprecedented challenges to the justice system, but I am proud of how my Department, and everybody in it, has responded to keep the wheels of justice…09 Jun 2020HANSARDPersonal Protective Equipment: Prison and Probation StaffPersonal protective equipment is critical to protect staff and those in our care where close contact is necessary and unavoidable. There is currently adequate stock and forward…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillI am grateful to the hon. and learned Lady for her question. Indeed, in the lengthy answers that I am giving, I am trying to do just that. What I am trying to explain is—I know…09 Jun 2020HANSARD Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillThe hon. Gentleman was good enough to write to me and I can reassure him that I have spoken directly in an official capacity on several occasions to the Justice Minister, who was…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. He and I have discussed this matter on a number of occasions, and he is right to raise this sensitive issue for those who have…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman knows that last year an important announcement was made on the reform of the Probation Service, which is progressing. I am considering the matter very…09 Jun 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to praise the work of our brave police officers, and indeed all emergency workers who put themselves on the line, particularly in the context of…09 Jun 2020HANSARDPersonal Protective Equipment: Prison and Probation StaffI am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman. He knows, and he has followed very carefully, the good progress that is being made in HMP Nottingham. I know he would want me to pay…09 Jun 2020HANSARDDepartmental Priorities: Covid-19 ImplicationsThe hon. Gentleman knows that in response to this outbreak we took particular measures agreed by the Treasury to ensure that those working in the prison system were rewarded…09 Jun 2020HANSARDDepartmental Priorities: Covid-19 ImplicationsThe right hon. Gentleman will be glad to know that I continue to look at that on a daily basis. The overall case load in the Crown Court is approaching just over 41,000. Before…09 Jun 2020HANSARDDepartmental Priorities: Covid-19 ImplicationsThe hon. and learned Lady will know that I refrain, in correspondence and, indeed, in statements or questions in the House, from talking about individual cases. I remind her and…09 Jun 2020