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HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewWe want to make sure that our prisons are used to punish offenders, that those offenders are made to abide by strict prison rules, that they engage with programmes in prison to…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewMy hon. Friend is right. We have to cut crime, have fewer victims and make sure that our streets are safe. That is why we have to make sure that we never run out of prison places,…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewMy hon. Friend makes an incredibly important point. I am determined that we toughen community punishment and make sure that unpaid work truly pays back to the communities that…22 May 2025HANSARDJudiciary and Prison Officer WorkforceI am today announcing my decision on the pay awards for prison staff and for the judiciary. Prison Service Pay Award 2025 - 26 Having carefully considered the 13 recommendations…22 May 2025HANSARDIndependent Sentencing ReviewToday, the independent sentencing review published its findings and recommendations. The review was chaired by the right hon. David Gauke alongside a panel of experts, including a…22 May 2025HANSARDNottingham Inquiry: Terms of ReferenceOn 22 April, I established an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005 into the attacks that took place on 13 June 2023 in Nottingham, which cost Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I will make a statement on sentencing in England and Wales. As the House will be aware, the independent sentencing review was published today. It…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewThe shadow Secretary of State talks about serious Government—if the Government that he was a part of had ever been serious, they would have built more than 500 prison places in 14…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewMr Speaker, if I were waiting for respect from Opposition Members, I would be waiting for a long time, so it is a good job that I do not need it. The shadow Secretary of State…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewLet me be clear: we will be adding prison places to the estate, and we will be filling them up. The prison population will rise year on year by the end of this Parliament, but my…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewI thank the hon. Member for his remarks. I would accept nothing less than holding us fully to account for these changes, and I look forward to working collaboratively where…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewI will repeat the point I have made to the hon. Member for Eastbourne (Josh Babarinde). We know that there is a particular concern about what the presumption against short…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewThat issue is why already today I have announced measures to toughen up community punishment, and we will be going further in some areas than even the review recommends. I…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewI very much hope that the position for Welsh women will be the same as for women in England, which is that we see a huge reduction in the number of women in Wales and England…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewMy hon. Friend is right. This time last year, the Conservatives had a chance to put the country first. Instead, they called an election and tried to put themselves first. They did…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewI am sorry to have to break it to the right hon. Gentleman, but he will be horrified to discover that he agrees with David Gauke on this one. The independent reviewer has pointed…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewRestorative justice has an important role to play in our justice system, so where it is appropriate and where it can make a difference, we will ensure that it is available. But I…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewI pay tribute to the hon. Lady for her work in this area, and I will pass on her remarks to the Victims Minister. I also pay tribute to her constituent. It is very difficult to…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewI have no truck with anyone else’s prejudices and they certainly do not decide what I do in office. I believe in prison. This Government are going to build more prison places, and…22 May 2025HANSARD Independent Sentencing ReviewThe hon. Lady raises an important point. The combination of the measures that we are accepting from the review will mean that we will see a huge reduction in the number of women…22 May 2025