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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am proud that we are quadrupling victims funding to £185 million by 2024-25, which is up from £41 million in 2009-10. The fact is that the longer-term multi-year funding…24 May 2022HANSARDFamily Justice System ReformThere are domestic abuse or safeguarding concerns in half of private family cases; those cases, of course, need to be heard in court. But when it comes to cases that do not…24 May 2022HANSARDModernising Lasting Powers of Attorney: Response to ConsultationToday I am launching the Government response to the consultation on modernising lasting powers of attorney. A lasting power of attorney (LPA) is a legal agreement that helps…19 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsMy right hon. Friend raised that point eloquently. There is mixed performance in co-operation on removals and deportations from our country. We continue to have constructive…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsI remind the hon. Member that we live up to our obligations, as is entirely right and proper, including appropriate human rights law and paying due regard to the UK Borders Act…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsMy hon. Friend is right to raise the terminology and language used when we debate these issues. It is right that the correct terminology is applied to reflect the relevant…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsI should correct the hon. Gentleman. The manifest began with 112 people on it and seven ended up on the flight leaving overnight. I think the question his constituents ought to be…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsMy hon. Friend is right to raise that point. It will of course be known to her that I am a Minister who spans both the Home Office and the Ministry of Justice. I am having…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsAs I alluded to in answering an earlier question, there is a proper process in place that checks for vulnerability and ensures that those cases are dealt with appropriately. I, of…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsThat caseworking side of things is so important in processing these cases, ensuring they are handled as expeditiously as possible and there is not needless delay. That is…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsI, too, think there is absolutely a place for rehabilitation within the criminal justice system. That is right and proper, and something I think we all broadly accept across the…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsIt is fair to say that the status quo is thoroughly depressing. I know that, behind people in Corby and east Northamptonshire, Kettering people are very sound and they are right…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsWell, rather like for me, some of the dither and delay we saw in getting on and passing that legislation has not escaped my hon. Friend’s attention. I do not think there is any…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsIt is absolutely right and proper that the British Government live up to their legal obligations around the deportation of foreign national offenders from our country who have…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsAt all times, the UK Government act in accordance with their obligations, as is right and proper. I have been on a removal flight to see for myself the work that goes on. The…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsI have to say, I had a bit of an inkling of what the views of people in Stoke-on-Trent might be on this issue. My hon. Friend speaks with great passion on behalf of his…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsForeign criminals who abuse our hospitality by committing serious and violent crimes such as murder and rape should be in no doubt of this Government’s determination to deport…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsI am grateful to the shadow Minister for his contribution, but let me deal with some facts in responding to it. First, I can be very clear for the House’s benefit that more than…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsMy hon. Friend and constituency neighbour speaks with great authority on these matters, and I know the view that people in Northamptonshire take on this. I have been on a removal…18 May 2022HANSARDForeign National Offender Removal FlightsWhat we do as a Government is take responsibility for our returns. We live up to our legal obligations in this space, and that is right and proper, and what the British people…18 May 2022