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HANSARD Streatham IncidentMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to remind us of the powers of Parliament in that respect, and, indeed, of the role of the Law Officers in giving consent to legislation that has…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Streatham IncidentI do not know whether the hon. Lady, the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, heard what I said. The purpose of the emergency legislation is to end automatic early release at…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Streatham IncidentI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making his points, and I will do my very best to answer them all. On his last point, about sentencing, he is right to make reference to the…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Streatham IncidentMy hon. Friend speaks with considerable experience. Human rights are there to protect us all. They should never be a means of enhancing the rights of those who would wish us ill.…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Streatham IncidentI am very glad that the right hon. Gentleman asked me that question because it allows me to develop part two of the point. He will have noticed in the years since the debate on…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Streatham IncidentI am grateful to my hon. Friend, the Chair of the Select Committee on Justice. It would perhaps be wrong of me to go into specific detail as to the regimen that applied in prison…03 Feb 2020HANSARD Streatham IncidentMy hon. Friend asks a pertinent question. I think that the individual offender needs to be assessed. There will be times when isolation is absolutely the right thing to do, but…03 Feb 2020HANSARDInformal Justice and Home Affairs CouncilThe Informal Justice and Home Affairs Council under the Croatian presidency of the Council of the EU took place on 23 and 24 January 2020 in Zagreb. I represented the UK on…30 Jan 2020HANSARDConstitution, Democracy and Rights CommissionI congratulate my hon. Friend on his recent honour, which is thoroughly deserved after a lifetime in public service, both here and in other elected assemblies. His suggestions are…14 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to remind us that burglary is a crime not just against property, but against the wellbeing of people whose homes are violated. He will be glad to know that…14 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his work both as a Minister in this Department and as a campaigner on this issue. I share his approach to these issues. Since we launched the…14 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI listened carefully to what the hon. Gentleman has said, and I have to say, with respect to him, that the characterisation of “public good, private bad”—or, indeed, vice versa—is…14 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend’s work when he was courts Minister. As he knows, the programme that he helped to spearhead is already improving both access to justice and…14 Jan 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsPrison officers are some of our finest public servants, and I have had the honour and pleasure of meeting many of them, not just as a Minister, but as a practising member of the…14 Jan 2020HANSARDHuman Rights Framework: ReformAs I said to the hon. Gentleman in a previous answer, I am in the spirit of working constructively with a fellow Parliament and fellow parliamentarians. I want to ensure a…14 Jan 2020HANSARDHuman Rights Framework: ReformThe hon. Lady will remember that our manifesto talked about updating the Act, not repealing it, so her question is literally academic.14 Jan 2020HANSARDHuman Rights Framework: ReformI refer the hon. Lady to the answer I gave in the context of the constitutional commission. Updating Acts is something we do regularly in this place. The Human Rights Act is now…14 Jan 2020HANSARDHuman Rights Framework: ReformI have been discussing this issue with my Cabinet colleagues and will continue to do so. The United Kingdom is committed to protecting and respecting human rights and will…14 Jan 2020HANSARDConstitution, Democracy and Rights CommissionI am very much aware of the important devolution aspect of this issue. It is about more than devolution, of course—the Scottish legal and judicial system was never devolved…14 Jan 2020HANSARDConstitution, Democracy and Rights CommissionI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising an important issue. After the stresses and strains we have all seen the constitution being put under as a result of the tumultuous…14 Jan 2020