Criminal Justice and Courts Bill

Over a period of months, we have listened to concerns raised by the families of victims and hon. ...

One of the areas that cause me concern is to do with drivers from other EU countries who may have...

I entirely understand the right hon. Gentleman’s concern and I will come on to talk about the pro...

Can the Minister explain why being unlicensed was not included in this proposal? If one is unlice...

I appreciate that this is a matter of judgment in all cases, but the distinction we have made is ...

The Minister will be aware of the Road Justice campaign by the CTC and others. I and they very mu...

We hope to conduct the review over the next few months and I hope that will give my hon. Friend a...

Could the Minister give us a sense of how this would fit with the legislative timetable? If prima...

Unless the hon. Gentleman is going to contradict me and vote accordingly, there is broad support ...

I thank my hon. Friend and his Department for listening to the victims of crime on the question o...

I agree with my hon. Friend that it is important to review all the options. He has already made a...

My hon. Friend knows that I am very much in favour of making newly qualified drivers carry a prob...

My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. He has a good record of campaigning on these issues, i...

I agree with my hon. Friend that the development of the arguments we have heard in respect of oth...

I think I am in danger of conducting the review this afternoon, but I agree with my hon. Friend, ...

Does the Minister not accept that magistrates are not told why people have already cited exceptio...

The hon. Lady has just made a wider point than would apply simply to the single justice procedure...

We are grateful to the Government for accommodating the topics we want to discuss today and for t...

The hon. Gentleman knows that I hold him in high regard and affection, but he has accused me of r...

If the Minister waits, all will become clear.

We do not quarrel with the seriousness of any...

I understand the point the hon. Gentleman is making, although I do not totally agree with it. Lim...

I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s comments, but he is misunderstanding me slightly. We do no...

I agree entirely with the hon. Gentleman that the six-month sentence for repeat offenders who dri...

I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman needs to make a speech now. I do not disagree with him—t...

I am listening to what the hon. Gentleman is saying. He said that what I put forward in a private...

With respect, I do not think the Crown court is going to be clogged up. We are talking about diff...

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I call Robin Walker. Sorry, I mean Chris Skidmore. I beg the hon. Gentleman’s pardon.

You would not be the first person to make that genuine mistake, Madam Deputy Speaker. I entirely ...

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on the work that he has done in relation to this matter. Does h...

The important thing to recognise in new clause 14 is that it sends out a message and hope for fut...

What the hon. Gentleman is saying, in my respectful submission, is that the judiciary and the cou...

We need to look again at the maximum tariff for causing death by dangerous driving while disquali...

I wish to talk specifically to amendments 8 and 9 that are in my name and that of my hon. Friend ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on her campaign in her constituency. When the points system was est...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. I remember the days of endorsements. We introduced the po...

I am listening with great interest to the hon. Lady’s excellent speech, and I am very sympathetic...

The hon. Gentleman raises an interesting and important point. However we capture such information...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bolton West (Julie Hilling) who spoke so cle...

Prosecutions are made on whether there is enough evidence to bring the charge and, secondly, whet...

The hon. Gentleman right: I have not been through all the court transcripts in that case. But it ...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we are also looking for a cultural change here? In the same wa...

I think we have seen a cultural change. The sentencing aspect is a very small part of that, as I ...

With the leave of the House, I shall try to respond to some of the points made in the debate whic...

With all due respect to the Minister and to the hon. Member for Kingswood (Chris Skidmore), the t...

I will come back to the point about how much we know about the implications of new clause 22. To ...

I think the Minister is playing with me a little. I have used the best evidence I can and as I sa...

As I have tried to indicate to the hon. Gentleman, I would want to look at all those things. He i...

Does the Minister therefore think that perhaps a stronger direction should be given to magistrate...

I would be wary of doing that, but we can look at how we ensure that magistrates are doing all ne...

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

New clause 31—Tagged curfew on re...

New clause 29 stands in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Bury North (Mr Nuttall)...

I have a nasty feeling that my hon. Friend is not going to welcome much in the Bill, but may I as...

I absolutely accept that the current Lord Chancellor, with the help of my hon. Friend the Ministe...

May I reassure my hon. Friend about the views of the public? I spend my weekends out on the doors...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, and, of course, to the people of Brigg and Goole who are so ably...

I hope the hon. Gentleman puts his new clauses to the vote so we can see how much of the House re...

I suggest the hon. Gentleman goes to speak to the people at the building society who were the vic...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way again. On deportation, surely the debate about whether an o...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I am sure we are all excited at the prospect of hearing what ...

I will speak principally to new clause 15, which is in my name and those of the shadow Defence Se...

The hon. Gentleman is about to move on, but I have not heard him mention new clause 42, which wou...

I am grateful for that intervention. The hon. Gentleman can take it as read that we will look car...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way again?

I will not give way again, because I want to move on to new clauses 2 and 3.

I congratulate...

I do not want to do permanent damage to the reputation of my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (...

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Order. This debate must end by 8.30 pm, and the Minister needs to respond to all the questions an...

I thank the right hon. Member for South East Cambridgeshire (Sir James Paice) for his support tod...

It is a huge pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rotherham (Sarah Champion). It has been a ple...

I add my tribute to that of others for the work done by my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham (...

This has been a full debate, and I would like to respond to as much of it as I can, while still l...

Can the Minister explain why he voted against that proposal when the last Labour Government intro...

That was six years ago. Since then, the criminal justice system has become used to using the prov...

I voted against it.

My hon. Friend surprises me. As he knows, the courts had been using the provision for some time, ...

One of the challenges faced by many ex-offenders is finding employment. We know that employment s...

My hon. Friend is right, but it is important to note that in every case a proper risk assessment ...

I am grateful to the Minister for the work he has done in trying to toughen up on some of these i...

I am naturally disappointed to hear that, but let me have one more go. The point I am making in r...

It is has been a rather disappointing debate, as we might have predicted. Although I would have l...

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I wonder whether you could give me some guidance. For the...

What I can say is that this is obviously not a matter for the Chair as such, but it is on the rec...

I beg to move amendment 18, page 19, line 4, leave out clause 19.

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following:

Amendment 14, page 19, line 16, a...

Amendments 10 to 19, which stand in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith...

The Justice Committee did look at those issues, and one of the problems is that a plethora of age...

I will come to that point shortly. The average time a young person spends in custody is only 79 d...

I rise to speak to amendment 19, which is tabled in my name, relating to the issue of accountabil...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on his eminently good speech, which, as always, draws upon his expe...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that intervention. Already in the debate we have heard, in sp...

I will be very brief, because other Members wish to speak. I find this whole secure college propo...

Given that the hon. Gentleman, who is a member of the Justice Committee, was unable in the circum...

I was unable to go on that visit because I was in hospital at the time. However, I have had the r...

There is much to commend part 1 of the Bill, but, like other hon. Members, I cannot say the same ...

I share all the concerns about secure training centres that have been expressed this evening by M...

Ministers in the Government who abandoned the Building Schools for the Future programme are now e...

I will be brief so that other colleagues can speak in this important debate. I was pleased that t...

Nobody except the Minister thinks that secure colleges are a good idea—no educationist, no one wh...

I think that we had a constructive debate in Committee, and it is disappointing that the Oppositi...

During the passage of the Bill? We are on Report! This is the end of the Bill’s consideration in ...

If the hon. Gentleman takes the time to look at the programme motion he will see that there are t...

Will the Minister give way?

No, I am afraid I will not. I have 10 minutes left and a good deal of ground to cover. There will...

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. I am sure the Minister does not wish to mislead the House about ...

The hon. Gentleman has described the procedure accurately. What he has said is not something from...

I make two points to the hon. Gentleman. First, if he looks carefully at the programme motion—I a...