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HANSARDTopical QuestionsSentencing remarks are already available for some of those cases. We have a robust judicial system that can handle difficult cases. I have already dealt with concerns about…22 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsRestorative justice clearly has a role to play, but the principles of our sentencing review, with which I hope Members across the House can agree, are clear: there must always be…22 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will chase that up this afternoon and ensure that the hon. Member gets a response as quickly as possible. She will know that release on temporary licence is a mechanism that has…22 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is not appropriate in these difficult cases to misrepresent what the correct position is. The Home Secretary has already set out our position in this House and answered…22 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am afraid that the shadow Chancellor cannot elide the process for the appointment of judges with a wider attack on the independence of the judiciary. I hope that he will take…22 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsFirst, I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his remarks on the new Nottingham inquiry—I am very grateful for his support. I am sure the whole House will want to see the inquiry…22 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI must caution Conservatives Members against groaning. I appreciate that they might not be proud of their record—I would not be if that was the record I had left behind after…22 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have robust processes in place to ensure that those offenders can be monitored effectively at both national and local levels and that those monitoring mechanisms are as robust…22 Apr 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe House will be aware of the attack at HMP Frankland on 12 April. The bravery of the officers involved undoubtedly saved lives, and my thoughts are with them as they recover. I…22 Apr 2025HANSARDBail GuidelinesEquality before the law is a cornerstone of our justice system, and my position on this is clear. Later today, this House will debate legislation to overturn guidelines that the…22 Apr 2025HANSARDBail GuidelinesFirst, I share the hon. Member’s outrage over the crimes that were committed in his community, and the fact that two of those individuals have been able to leave the country, and…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) BillIt is right that, moving at pace, I have sought to have a targeted Bill that deals with this particular imposition guideline. I have made it very clear that I am conducting a…22 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesIn fairness to the Sentencing Council, it sought views from the previous Government and was told that the Government welcomed its findings, both in the consultation and the…01 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesThe proper role of a pre-sentence report is to give a judge who is about to pass down a sentence vital information about the context of that offender—for example, whether there…01 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesWho can say? I suggest asking any of the Conservative Members here whether they have an answer to that, but they appear to still wish to live on another planet and never reckon…01 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesI have already said that I am not interested in making a personal attack on anybody. I have a disagreement on a point of principle with members of the Sentencing Council about…01 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesIf the hon. Gentleman is concerned about the guidelines and what was brought to his attention when, perhaps people in his party should not have waved them through before the…01 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for his question. Of course, I respect the independence of the judiciary. I think I was very clear in my statement and the remarks I have…01 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesMy hon. Friend is right: many Conservative Members appear to have a very loose relationship with their own track record.01 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesI thank my right hon. Friend for her questions—at least she asks some proper questions. She says that her view on the policy might be an unpopular one, but this is the place where…01 Apr 2025