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HANSARDImprisonment for Public Protection (Re-sentencing) Bill [HL]My Lords, I add my voice in favour of the Bill, and say amen to all that I have heard. I declare an interest as the Anglican bishop for prisons in England and Wales. I an not…15 Nov 2024HANSARDProbation Services: Prisoner Early Release SchemeTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the prisoner early release scheme on probation services.14 Nov 2024HANSARDUniversitiesMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate. I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Warwick, for tabling it. My reflections are rooted in conversations and…14 Nov 2024HANSARDProbation Services: Prisoner Early Release SchemeI thank the Minister for his Answer. Given that we need to be looking long-term, and in the hope that the sentencing review will promote alternatives to custody, will the Minister…14 Nov 2024HANSARDIstanbul Convention: Article 59My Lords, data obtained by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner in 2023 revealed that all 43 police forces across England and Wales had shared information about victims and survivors…12 Nov 2024HANSARDAutumn Budget 2024My Lords, I will focus on the Budget in the context of criminal justice, and declare my interest as the Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons in England and Wales. I was encouraged to…11 Nov 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateMy Lords, I am grateful to the Foreign Secretary for holding together the trauma of the Israeli hostages and their families and communities, and that of the families and…03 Sept 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityMy Lords, I too welcome the noble Lord, Lord Timpson—someone so brilliantly equipped for the task. I welcome this Statement and all the good sense contained in it as we lift this…24 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Timpson, on his superb maiden speech, and I refer to my interest as stated in the register as Anglican bishop for prisons. The…24 Jul 2024HANSARDPersonal Independence PaymentsMy Lords, yesterday I visited National Star, an FE college that serves young people with severe lifelong disabilities. Many of them are being subjected again and again to…23 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, from listening to this debate, I am struck again and again by how so much of what we are saying was said in this House during the passage of the Domestic Abuse Bill. We…23 Apr 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners Bill25 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI thank the Minister and all other noble Lords who have spoken. I am interested in his answer, because in one way he is saying, “Yes, we need this and recognise this”, but in…25 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, tabled this amendment, to which I am very pleased to add my name in support and to move it today in this final stage of Committee on the…25 Mar 2024HANSARDEmployment of People with Criminal ConvictionsMy Lords, from these Benches I add our own sadness at the death of Lord Cormack. His contributions to this House and to the Church will be sorely missed. As has been said, there…26 Feb 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, my right reverend friend the Bishop of Bristol, as has been said, regrets that she cannot be in the Chamber today but along with her, I support Amendments 7 and 11. The…24 Jan 2024HANSARDSchools: Persistent AbsenteeismMy Lords, when a parent goes into prison, no one is notified if they have a child. The charity Children Heard and Seen, which works with children who have a parent in prison, has…24 Jan 2024HANSARDNon-custodial Sentences: Public ConfidenceTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the public’s confidence in non-custodial sentences.22 Jan 2024HANSARDAsylum: UK-Rwanda AgreementMy Lords, I welcome the opportunity to speak today and thank the International Agreements Committee for its excellent report. I will just say that as Lord Bishops we take no…22 Jan 2024HANSARDFemale Domestic Homicides: Black, Asian and Ethnic-minority OverrepresentationMy Lords, after contacting the police to report domestic violence crimes, migrant women in the UK have often been reported to Immigration Enforcement. For this reason, those women…22 Jan 2024