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HANSARDFemale OffendersWe inherited the current policy on transgender people in the prison service and we have continued the policy that the right hon. Gentleman describes during our period in office.…22 Apr 2025HANSARD Whiplash Injury CompensationI thank hon. Members for their contributions to the debate and for the support of the Liberal Democrats and the official Opposition on the direction of travel. I am grateful to…02 Apr 2025HANSARD Whiplash Injury CompensationI beg to move, That the draft Whiplash Injury (Amendment) Regulations 2025, which were laid before this House on 20 March, be approved. This draft instrument amends the fixed…02 Apr 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesThe Sentencing Council is independent of Parliament and Government. The council decides on its own priorities and workplan for producing guidelines. The Sentencing Council…17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesThere is one thing that we know about Labour Governments: they always have to clear up the mess left by Conservative Governments. That is what the Lord Chancellor is doing at the…17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesThat is exactly what the Lord Chancellor is saying.17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesMy hon. Friend the Chair of the Select Committee makes a good point about the way in which the shadow Justice Secretary conducts himself. The important thing is that the Lord…17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesThe hon. Member is perfectly right to underline the importance of equality before the law. He gives me the opportunity to give a plug to the independent review of sentencing being…17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesMy hon. Friend is right to contrast the approach of the soundbites from the shadow Justice Secretary with the Justice Secretary’s approach of rolling up her sleeves and getting on…17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesThe Father of the House and my constituency neighbour brings a constructive note, and I agree with exactly what he says. We have an independent judiciary that we should let get on…17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesMy hon. Friend is exactly right that pre-sentence reports play an important role, and we ought to applaud the work that the Probation Service and others do in preparing those…17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesTo be fair to the Conservatives, they did not work on the guidelines, but they were consulted on them, and they did respond to them in a positive way.17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesThe hon. Lady has said what everybody else in this House and outside it is thinking.17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesMy hon. Friend is exactly right. The previous Government were fully involved in the consultation, and not only were they fully involved, but they welcomed it.17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesThis is the third consecutive week in which we have discussed this in the House. We discussed it in the Lord Chancellor’s statement, we discussed it at Justice questions last…17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesI absolutely agree with my hon. Friend’s point.17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesTo be fair, the chair of the Sentencing Council met the Lord Chancellor last week, and it was a constructive meeting. He is awaiting a letter from the Lord Chancellor, which he…17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesI agree with my hon. Friend that the last Government appear to have been asleep at the wheel, rediscovering their mojo only once they were in opposition.17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesI thank the former common sense Minister for her question—17 Mar 2025HANSARDSentencing Council GuidelinesIf the right hon. Lady stops gabbling and listens, I will attempt to answer her question. I think the right hon. Lady is getting a little ahead of herself. There is a process in…17 Mar 2025