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HANSARDProlific OffendersThe hon. Member will know that I am not going to pre-empt any of the findings of the sentencing review. The point of having an independent review is to allow for a look at all the…28 Jan 2025HANSARDProlific OffendersAs I have sought to do throughout this process, I will ensure transparency in the Government’s approach when it comes to not just the emergency releases data, but other…28 Jan 2025HANSARDProlific OffendersI have said on many occasions in this House that I believe in punishment and in prison. Prison has a core role to play in the punishment of offenders. However, we must not run out…28 Jan 2025HANSARDPublic Confidence in the Justice SystemThe last Government gave the public plenty of reasons to lose confidence in the justice system, including a rising courts backlog and prisons on the edge of collapse. We have…28 Jan 2025HANSARDPublic Confidence in the Justice SystemWhat undermines confidence in the justice system is running out of prison places, which is the inheritance the Conservative Government left for this Government. That is the mess…28 Jan 2025HANSARDPublic Confidence in the Justice SystemI will happily look at the facts of the case. Some of those numbers do not sound like they should be possible, but that could be down to specific factors relating to that case. If…28 Jan 2025HANSARDPublic Confidence in the Justice SystemThe hon. Gentleman will be aware of the difficult fiscal inheritance for this Government, and that we have had to make some difficult choices. We received a good settlement from…28 Jan 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: SentencingThe right hon. Member raises a very important point on these heinous gangs and the crimes that they commit. The 20 recommendations made by Alexis Jay in her independent inquiry on…28 Jan 2025HANSARDGrooming Gangs: SentencingI hope that the right hon. Gentleman and I have a shared objective in making it clear that there is a desire in all parts of the House to ensure that we face the full facts and…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis Government inherited a record and rising Crown court backlog and prisons on the point of collapse, serving as breeding grounds for crime that create better criminals, not…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe changes in relation to magistrates court sentencing powers were made by the previous Government due to prison capacity issues, and they were working well. We have restored…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have a shared objective in making sure that these evil individuals feel the full force of the law. I will not comment on individual sentencing decisions, and the shadow Lord…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI will happily write to the right hon. Gentleman with details on the specific case that he raises. He is right to say that we have international agreements and arrangements with…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI agree that we need to do everything we can to remove foreign national offenders from our prisons. Between 5 July 2024 and 4 January 2025, 2,580 foreign national offenders were…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady should know there are robust processes in place in government to manage conflict of interest, which were in place under the previous Administration as well, but this…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman will appreciate that, as Justice Secretary, I am not able to interfere in any independent decisions made by the police or the Crown Prosecution Service,…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. We believe that much more can be achieved through the increased use of AI and other digital technology to speed up some of the paper…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government will shortly be publishing the Bill that campaigners refer to as the Hillsborough law, which will reflect issues relating to the duty of candour, which this…28 Jan 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Prime Minister has responded to the other questions that have been raised. The appropriate information was made available at the appropriate time to either the Prime Minister…28 Jan 2025HANSARDSouthport AttackI am sure that the whole House will join me in saying that our thoughts today are with the victims of these horrific crimes and their families. Last week we saw a measure of…28 Jan 2025