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HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsWe speak to the Victims’ Commissioner regularly; the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones), is speaking to them later…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsI am very sorry to hear about the cases mentioned by my hon. Friend. I am happy to meet him to take the matter further.15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsMy hon. Friend is right: the recall population has doubled in just seven years and we need to address that. The independent sentencing review will report shortly, and I hope that…15 May 2025HANSARD Speaker’s Statement: Ministerial CodeMr Speaker, I hear your words very clearly. I very much respect the role of Parliament and I am pleased to be here today to follow up the written ministerial statement that was…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsThe commissioner has been spoken to by the team. To be clear, the impact assessment will be published when we come to consider the statutory instrument.15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsThe hon. Gentleman will be aware that the Victims and Courts Bill is about to go through Parliament, and that is the sort of issue that we will look at during the Bill’s passage.15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsWe are committed to getting this right. The early release scheme that the previous Government put in place did not have the same exceptions as our early release scheme did for the…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsNo, it is not. This is about people who have already served their sentence in prison; they are out in the community. If they breach a condition of their licence, they are returned…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsWe are improving the prison estate and investing in probation, and there will also be actions coming forward from the independent sentencing review. I agree with everything my…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsWe are always alert to the need to assess how policies apply to the wider public and victims. That is important.15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsThis is not about releasing people from prison earlier.15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsMy hon. Friend is quite right. We faced a real emergency when we came into office. It is unconscionable that any Government would do that to an incoming Government. The previous…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsI have made clear the exceptions that apply to this tight, fixed-term recall alteration. The management of people in the community will be risk-assessed, as always. If the view is…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsWe have great respect for the Victims’ Commissioner. What would be letting down victims is if we allowed the prison system to get to a place where we cannot lock prisoners up—that…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsI hear the right hon. Gentleman’s question, and I will write to him.15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsI certainly hope that all those things will be looked at by the independent sentencing review. The mandating of the 14-day fixed-term release was a measure taken by the previous…15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsMy hon. Friend makes a good point, and the House will have heard it.15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsMy hon. Friend is exactly right to point to that planning application going forward. It is excellent news, and shows that we are cracking on with the job.15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsMy hon. Friend points out the actions that we must take to address the challenges that we face in the system, and to make the system work better for victims and protect the public.15 May 2025HANSARD Recalled Offenders: Sentencing LimitsWe have deported more foreign national offenders in 12 months than the last Government did in the previous 12 months, and we are continuing to work hard with the Home Office to…15 May 2025