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HANSARDHMP Dartmoor: Temporary ClosureI would like to announce the decision to close HMP Dartmoor temporarily, as His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service manage the levels of radon at HMP Dartmoor to ensure the…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Criminal LawI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. If we do not act today, we face a total collapse of law and order in this country. If we are forced to enact Operation Brinker, it…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Criminal LawThe public made the decision for the previous Administration by voting them out of office in such a stunning manner. We do have to win votes—it is a democracy, at the end of the…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Criminal LawThe point about homelessness, and what it means for recall into prison, is incredibly important. The implementation period allows probation time to prepare plans for every…25 Jul 2024HANSARD Criminal LawI will happily return or write to the right hon. Lady in respect of specific local authorities. The impact of prison capacity is uneven, but it is also in flux on a daily basis.…25 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityI welcome the right hon. Gentleman to his place. On the 18-month period, we have inherited a criminal justice system in complete crisis and at risk of total breakdown and…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityMy right hon. Friend is right. I take this opportunity to pay tribute to all the staff in our prisons, who do an excellent job under very difficult circumstances. He is right to…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityI thank the right hon. Member—that is a very compelling bit of lobbying from her. May I offer to meet with her, so that we can discuss this issue in person?18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityI thank my hon. Friend. I did read those reports in The Guardian . Of course, none of us has had sight of any of those papers. If those reports are true, it is very worrying…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityI thank the hon. Member for his question. May I gently say that this is part of the problem? I am not going to get into the specifics of his particular constituency or those…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityI welcome my hon. Friend to her place. This change is designed in part to allow probation to do the job that it would normally do when it comes to prisoner releases on licence. We…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityThe hon. Member is right. In the end, individual sentencing decisions are for judges. They have discretion to apply the law as they see fit in the circumstances of the cases in…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityThe implementation period that we have put forward in our proposals will allow the probation service time to prepare. As I have said before, that is different from the early…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityIt is a temporary scheme. We will revert to the usual 50% level as quickly as possible. I think 18 months is the right period for me to return to this House. The hon. Member will…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. As I said earlier, employment is crucial, because we know that if those who leave prison are in work within a year of leaving prison, they are…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityI would be happy to meet both my hon. Friend and the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts)—individually or together—to talk about the women’s prison, and…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityOf course, joint enterprise is not related to the changes we are making today, but I know that it is an issue of real concern and interest for my hon. Friend and other Members…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityPolice and crime commissioners are crucial to helping us to manage the current crisis and as we move the system to some health, hopefully sooner rather than later. I had meetings…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityI welcome my hon. Friend back to her place. I am well aware of the issues around indeterminate sentences for public protection. I know that matter is of great interest to Members,…18 Jul 2024HANSARDPersonal Injury Discount Rate Review 2024I would like to announce that I have now commenced a review of the personal injury discount rate, in line with my statutory duties. The Damages Act 1996, as amended by the Civil…18 Jul 2024