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HANSARDConstitution, Democracy and Rights CommissionThe commission will look at a range of issues. I think I have made my position about the independence of the judiciary and the integrity of the appointments process very clear. It…14 Jan 2020HANSARDConstitution, Democracy and Rights CommissionThe hon. Lady asks a very proper question. Indeed, I would envisage the body taking evidence from third parties, outside organisations and civic society more generally to provide…14 Jan 2020HANSARDConstitution, Democracy and Rights CommissionDiscussions with Cabinet colleagues are at an early stage, but I can say that we want a commission or similar body to examine the issues and make recommendations that restore…14 Jan 2020HANSARDSentencing Policy for Prolific OffendersMay I welcome my hon. Friend to this House? He and I have known each other for a number of years and have campaigned together, and he will make an outstanding advocate for the…14 Jan 2020HANSARDSentencing Policy for Prolific OffendersI thank my right hon. Friend for raising that point. I have met in this place families of victims of this appalling crime and worked with hon. Members across the House on the…14 Jan 2020HANSARDSentencing Policy for Prolific OffendersIt is a bit rich to be lectured about ideology and an ideological approach by the hon. Gentleman. After nearly 20 years in practice and now over 30 years’ experience of the…14 Jan 2020HANSARDSentencing Policy for Prolific OffendersAgain, I pay tribute to the hon. Lady for her consistent campaigning on these issues; we have worked together on them over many years. I am interested in the overall issue of…14 Jan 2020HANSARDSentencing Policy for Prolific OffendersI reassure the hon. Gentleman that that is precisely my policy. It is not just about being tough on crime, though public protection is important; it is about being smart on crime…14 Jan 2020HANSARDSentencing Policy for Prolific OffendersI welcome my hon. Friend back. We have missed her for the last two and a half years; it is good to see her back in her place. I pay tribute to her for her community campaigning in…14 Jan 2020HANSARDSentencing Policy for Prolific OffendersI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his consistent campaigning on this issue. He will remember my own involvement in getting child cruelty law updated to cover psychiatric and…14 Jan 2020HANSARDSentencing Policy for Prolific OffendersMr Speaker, may I welcome you to the Chair? This is the first opportunity I have had formally to do so, other than in the ceremony of appointment. We have already started work to…14 Jan 2020HANSARDJudicial Conduct Investigations Office: Annual ReportWith the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, I will today publish the thirteenth annual report of the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO). The JCIO supports the Lord…04 Nov 2019HANSARDWork of the MinistryI am pleased to be able to update the House on the Government’s significant achievements in modernising the justice system over the past 10 years. We have supported the prison…31 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI have to commend the hon. Lady for her persistence, but to reopen the issue in that way would be, with the greatest of respect to my hon. Friends who support it, the ultimate…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillIt is something that should make us focus even more determinedly upon the need to make decisions—however imperfect, however unpalatable, however untimely they might seem to hon.…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThe hon. Gentleman, who has been here a good few years, has lived, like all of us, through this process, and the hours, the days, the months and the years that we have debated…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am able to give the hon. Lady an unequivocal assurance. There is nothing to undermine that—nothing we do will undermine it—and she can be assured of that fact. On that important…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillThere comes a time in politics when we all have to look at ourselves in the mirror—me included—and ask the following question: are we up to the level of events? Are we truly going…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillI am grateful to my right hon. Friend. What would happen if there were potential for an extension of the implementation period has been concerning Members right across the House.…22 Oct 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillMy right hon. Friend, in his nuanced way, makes the important point that in the pursuit of perfection we are in danger of losing the entire House. The majority of us in this…22 Oct 2019