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HANSARDDisclosure of Youth Criminal RecordsAbsolutely. Because it is blunt, employers and insurers will inevitably take the risk-averse approach. I do not entirely blame them for doing that; the system does not help them…28 Mar 2019HANSARDDisclosure of Youth Criminal RecordsIt is ironic. At the moment we have a box-ticking exercise in which a conviction can be disclosed. As the right hon. Member for Warley rightly said, an employer may well have 200…28 Mar 2019HANSARDDisclosure of Youth Criminal RecordsThat is absolutely right, and it tallies with some of the examples given to us directly by people who have been through the system. I agree entirely that it does not make sense.…28 Mar 2019HANSARDDisclosure of Youth Criminal RecordsYes it is, and the evidence, as I will perhaps demonstrate if I make a bit more progress, shows exactly that. That is entirely the problem that we find. The particular difficulty…28 Mar 2019HANSARDDisclosure of Youth Criminal RecordsThat is certainly true, and it indicates the need for a much more joined-up and holistic approach to dealing with this matter. I am sure it is something we need to return to and…28 Mar 2019HANSARDDisclosure of Youth Criminal RecordsAgain, my hon. Friend raises a fair point—it is not the immediate subject of our inquiry, but it is a good point. Perhaps, in our joint work on the Select Committee, that is…28 Mar 2019HANSARDDisclosure of Youth Criminal RecordsThat is, again, an entirely fair and perceptive point, and it is quite true. One of the other issues that we have not yet touched on, but that I hope we will in the course of the…28 Mar 2019HANSARDDisclosure of Youth Criminal RecordsMy hon. Friend makes a characteristically significant and thoughtful point. I can think of instances both from my constituency casebook and from childhood friends of mine who got…28 Mar 2019HANSARDDisclosure of Youth Criminal RecordsI entirely agree with my right hon. Friend; that is precisely the problem. The disclosure system is an immensely blunt instrument and forgets that, as well as being a punishment,…28 Mar 2019HANSARDDisclosure of Youth Criminal RecordsI beg to move, That this House has considered the First Report of the Justice Committee, Disclosure of youth criminal records, HC 416, and the Government response, Cm 9559. It is…28 Mar 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) ActMy right hon. Friend may know what I am going to ask, because I asked the Prime Minister this question and she suggested that I ask him. I do so as someone who, as he knows, voted…25 Mar 2019HANSARDEuropean CouncilI have voted for the withdrawal agreement before and I will willingly back the Prime Minister and vote for it again, but I owe it to my constituents, if that should not pass, to…25 Mar 2019HANSARDWithdrawal Agreement: Legal OpinionDoes my right hon. and learned Friend agree that although any practical lawyer will know that legal risks can seldom be totally eliminated from any agreement of any kind, what the…12 Mar 2019HANSARDProbation ServicesAs the Secretary of State knows, the Select Committee on Justice has looked into this area in some depth. Would he agree that the most important issue is not the ownership of the…12 Mar 2019HANSARDShort Prison SentencesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate the hon. Member for Lewisham West and Penge (Ellie Reeves) on securing the debate, and I extend my…07 Mar 2019HANSARDEU Withdrawal Agreement: Northern IrelandI am glad to see that the Attorney General’s powers of alliteration have not dimmed since we first appeared in court together, and I know that neither have his independence,…07 Mar 2019HANSARDShort Prison SentencesI am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving examples of what has been very effective in Scotland. It is asserted that the public equate just deserts and punishment only with…07 Mar 2019HANSARDShort Prison SentencesI have great respect for my right hon. Friend, and I understand the thrust of where he is coming from, but would he reflect on the fact that the two are not mutually exclusive? It…07 Mar 2019HANSARD Privatised Probation SystemI am very grateful, Mr Speaker. I welcome the Minister’s frank and honest response to the findings of this report, which, as he knows, mirror almost entirely the conclusions of…04 Mar 2019HANSARD Privatised Probation Systemrose—04 Mar 2019