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HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenWe have heard some wonderful anecdotes and stories of Members’ meetings with Her late Majesty the Queen. For most people who met her, those moments would have been more fleeting,…09 Sept 2022HANSARDReoffending RatesI thank you, Mr Speaker, the Secretary of State and other hon. Members for their condolences on the passing of my dad, Roy Reed, a few days ago. Everyone’s very kind words were a…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for Victims of CrimeAs we have heard, Members on both sides of the House want victims’ needs to be put first, so why did the Secretary of State tour the TV studios to defend the Prime Minister for…05 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsVoters in Wakefield are furious that the Conservative party ignored a victim of child sexual abuse and allowed his paedophile abuser to become their MP. Will the Justice Secretary…24 May 2022HANSARDNon-custodial Sentences: EnforcementWe have heard a lot of complacency from the Government Benches on this issue. According to the Minister’s own Department, community payback offenders now carry out 75% fewer hours…24 May 2022HANSARDPreventing Crime and Delivering JusticeI thank my hon. Friends the Members for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney (Gerald Jones), for Cardiff North (Anna McMorrin), for Coventry North East (Colleen Fletcher), for Sheffield,…11 May 2022HANSARDParole System: Public ProtectionI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement earlier today. It is hugely timely, given the disturbing news about the potential release of Baby P’s killer. I…30 Mar 2022HANSARDCourt Cases BacklogLast week, the roof of Sheffield magistrates court fell in, delaying countless cases. A rape case was delayed when toilet water leaked into a courtroom at Maidstone Crown court in…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctions: Assets SeizureFirst, Mr Speaker, let me associate myself and my party with your comments earlier about PC Keith Palmer and others who died five years ago today. The Intelligence and Security…22 Mar 2022HANSARDSanctions: Assets SeizureGiven what is happening in Ukraine, there is an urgency about going further than the Minister outlined. Will he consider imposing sanctions on law firms that continue to act for…22 Mar 2022HANSARDStrategic Lawsuits Against Public ParticipationI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement—and so does everyone on Twitter. It certainly marks a major and welcome shift in Conservative party policy. When…17 Mar 2022HANSARDCriminal Courts: Backlog of CasesI am afraid that to many victims who are waiting nearly three years for their case to come to trial that response will sound very complacent. The Bar Council has told the…08 Feb 2022HANSARDCriminal Courts: Backlog of CasesThe average time between a victim reporting a rape and the case coming to trial has just hit a record high of more than 1,000 days, thanks to the Government’s courts backlog. Many…08 Feb 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government have closed nearly 300 courts since 2010. One of them was Runcorn magistrates court, and two weeks ago the police found criminals using it as a cannabis farm. While…14 Dec 2021HANSARDHuman Rights LegislationI am grateful to the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement, but the truth is that this country’s criminal justice system is in crisis. There are record backlogs…14 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful for the Secretary of State’s kind words, but I regret that he did not seem to quite answer the question, so let us see if we can do better with this one. BBC Radio…14 Dec 2021HANSARDCommunity Funding: Scottish BordersLast week, the Minister for Levelling Up Communities told us that many community renewal fund projects will finish late. That will further delay the UK shared prosperity fund,…29 Nov 2021HANSARDCommunity Funding: Scottish BordersThere is a worrying pattern with this Government of overpromising and underdelivering, is there not? We have had the great train robbery and the return of the dementia tax and now…29 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsI am delighted that areas are getting back some of the money that the Conservative Government took away from them in the first place, but perhaps if Conservative MPs had held the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsMy hon. Friend makes an important point. One of the things that the Government have done over the last 11 years is dramatically increase levels of poverty across the country. They…01 Nov 2021