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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can assure the right hon. Gentleman that all the data that was published under the previous Government will continue to be published by ours.05 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have been lobbied by the same group in the west midlands. I will certainly look at the representations that have been made.05 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am very sorry to hear about the circumstances facing my hon. Friend’s constituent’s sibling in prison. We are determined to make more progress with IPP prisoners, but never in a…05 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is incumbent on Members to ensure that such a perception does not take hold and not to inappropriately compare sentences handed out in different types of cases. As the hon.…05 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsDrugs getting into prison is a huge issue, and I am very aware of the issues at Garth. The Minister with responsibility for prisons will meet the governors and think about how to…05 Nov 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityThe hon. Member will know that sentencing decisions in individual cases are a matter for the independent judiciary, who have to consider all the facts in front of them and…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityThe hon. Member raises an important point. That issue is not within the review’s terms of reference. It will not consider disparities in sentencing because it is looking at the…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityMy hon. Friend makes the case well for why David Gauke is the right person to lead this review. As I said, he brings deep expertise to this debate. I am sure that the sentencing…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityThe hon. Gentleman makes good point. The Texan model is of interest because it sought to incentivise the positive behaviour that reduces reoffending and ultimately cuts crime, and…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityMy hon. Friend is right to say that the support prisoners receive in prison must be tailored to take account of needs such as neurodivergence and autism, much of which has gone…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityOn the 37 who were wrongly released, I had never imagined that it would be possible for people to be charged and sentenced under an older Act of Parliament, and not the more…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityMy hon. Friend is right: reoffending has a huge cost for us all as a country because it creates more victims of crime. Indeed, it costs us more than £20 billion at about £22…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityI know that the shadow Lord Chancellor followed it closely. I am setting up a women’s justice board, which will report with a strategy in the spring. We need to do more with…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityI thank the shadow Lord Chancellor for the courteous way in which he has approached this debate, and for his detailed questions. Let me start with his point in relation to the…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityI thank the Chair of the Select Committee for his questions. On probation, I recognise the very high workloads that probation officers are working under. We committed in our…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityI thank the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for his questions. I am sorry to hear about his personal experiences, but they will of course inform the valuable contributions that he…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityThe modern world, with different technology, presents the best possible opportunity for us to expand the use of punishment out of prison, but in a way that gives the public…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityI agree. My hon. Friend is right to remind the House of the last Conservative Government’s end of custody supervised licence scheme, for which we, in the end, had to release the…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityI hear the point my hon. Friend makes, and she makes it very well. We are not considering a re-sentencing exercise for IPP prisoners, because that would automatically release a…22 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityLet me assure my hon. Friend that the answer to his question is yes and yes. Part of the reason for doing the review is to ensure that this country is never again on the brink of…22 Oct 2024