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HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsI thank my right hon. Friend for posing this important question. Last year, in the end-to-end rape review, the Government committed to more than doubling the number of adult rape…28 Jun 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsI sincerely thank my right hon. Friend for asking this urgent question. She is absolutely right to identify the need to rebuild trust in the system among victims. The golden…28 Jun 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsA male Member of the House is shouting at me across the Dispatch Box while I am trying to explain. This is a deeply serious subject, and it must be—I would hope—a matter on which…28 Jun 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsI thank my hon. Friend for identifying not just the immediate impacts of sexually violent attacks but the lifelong impacts that they can have. The Department of Health and Social…28 Jun 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsThere are many ways in which we can support victims. One is through specialist support such as ISVAs and the victims charities that do such a vital job of working with women and…28 Jun 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsWe have measured it very carefully and we have committed to doubling the number of cases received in the Crown court by the end of this Parliament. This is a work in progress.28 Jun 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsI reiterate that this is a priority for this Government, from the Prime Minister downwards. It is also a priority for colleagues on the Back Benches from across the House, who…28 Jun 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsThe hon. Lady hits on a sensitive point, in that the “Code for Crown Prosecutors” sets out the tests that prosecutors must apply, not simply in cases of sexual violence but across…28 Jun 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsI thank the hon. Gentleman for my temporary promotion. The best way this can be dealt with is through the section 28 roll-out. For those who are unfamiliar with it, let me say…28 Jun 2022HANSARDRape Cases: Progress Update and Measures to Improve OutcomesToday the Government are announcing additional funding for victims of sexual violence and domestic abuse, publishing a progress report on the implementation of the rape review…16 Jun 2022HANSARDPrisons Strategy White Paper: Response to Consultation QuestionsToday I am publishing the Government response to the prisons strategy White Paper consultation. The prisons strategy White Paper was published in December 2021. The commitments in…14 Jun 2022HANSARDPrisoner LiteracyMy right hon. Friend is completely right. We are putting in place a new deal for governors based on clear expectations and accountability, giving them greater autonomy over…24 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIs that not a sign of a community as a whole taking action, not just to reduce crime but to try to ensure that the young men my hon. Friend describes get on the straight and…24 May 2022HANSARDPrisoner LiteracyI like working with the Welsh Government; that may come as a surprise to some, but I have found them incredibly helpful on plans such as the residential women’s centre, which I…24 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this, and I know the concerns his community have. As he rightly says, I visited Thorn Cross to see for myself and to ask the governor what can…24 May 2022HANSARDPrisoner LiteracyIf we can improve prisoners’ literacy and numeracy skills, we will increase their ability to get jobs when they are released, which, in turn, will cut crime and make our streets…24 May 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsForgive me, but the hon. Lady seems to have misunderstood how legislation happens in this place. Labour Members had the chance to vote for rapists to spend longer in prison…22 Mar 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI do hope the hon. Gentleman in his, I imagine, copious free time now that he has crossed the Floor, is able to read the rape review, because had he done his homework he would…22 Mar 2022HANSARDViolence Against Women and GirlsI know that the hon. Lady and I share a determination to crack down on the perpetrators of vile crimes. It is with some regret, therefore, that I note that the Labour party…22 Mar 2022HANSARDPreventing Reoffending: Youth Custody CentresVery much so. As I said in answer to previous questions, home is a vital part of rehabilitation and cutting reoffending. We know about some of the particular pressures that young…22 Mar 2022