Victims and Prisoners Bill

It is a privilege to open this debate and bring the Bill to the House for Report. This important ...

The Government are fond of saying that they are getting on with the people’s priorities, however ...

It will not surprise the hon. Gentleman to know that I do not share his characterisation of the B...

The Minister is aware of the debate we had around child criminal exploitation. Does he believe th...

The point that the hon. Lady raises does not directly relate to antisocial behaviour, because oft...

As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on restorative justice, I am grateful to the Minist...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his engagement on this issue. Thanks to his intervention and ...

On the issue of pre-trial therapy, will the Minister be taking on board the recommendations from ...

Will the Minister give way?

I will take a brief intervention. Then I will try to conclude, because I am conscious that many M...

I thank the Minister. On many occasions, MPs are asked to refer cases for reconsideration. The Mi...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. The power in the clauses rests with the Secretary of State, ...

Before I call Kevin Brennan, the House can see how many Members are standing. The first few to be...

I rise to speak to the amendments standing in my name and will refer to others. The Opposition ac...

rose—

I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member who is about to intervene.

New clause 14 is much better than the Government’s provision in the Criminal Justice Bill, which ...

In all candour, I agree. The need for the new clause could not be more urgent. It is rooted in a ...

Is my hon. Friend as surprised as I am that the Government are saying it is not possible to set u...

Yes, and the answer to the last line of my right hon. Friend’s intervention is, “What is the diff...

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit!

I know the hon. Gentleman is an expert on that subject.

New clauses 22 and 23 represent mov...

Order. I am introducing a six-minute limit from the very beginning.

Given the time available, I will concentrate on some specific aspects of this very important Bill...

I call the SNP Front Bencher.

It is a pleasure to follow the Chair of the Justice Committee, of which I recently became a membe...

I call Dame Maria Miller, who has six minutes.

Let me start by thanking my right hon. Friend the Minister for the constructive way in which he h...

I signed new clause 19 because, having spent many years as defence and prosecution counsel in suc...

I think it goes to the heart of the case when someone with such extensive experience endorses a c...

I rise to speak to new clause 27 and amendments 142 to 144.

There will be women and men, ch...

I fully support the right hon. Lady’s new clause. In this regard, I had a constituent that I had ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments.

It is important this evening that we show the ...

I am grateful for the chance to speak in this debate and I want to commend the Minister for the d...

My right hon. Friend and I have campaigned hard to make this a reality and we welcome this day. D...

My right hon. and learned Friend is absolutely right, and I thank him for his intervention. I was...

We will now go to a five-minute limit.

I wish to speak in respect of Government new clause 37. I welcome the fact that the Government ha...

I am delighted to speak in support of the Bill, and I thank the Public Bill Committee and the Min...

I will restrict my remarks to speaking in favour of new clause 10, which stands in my name, which...

I commend the Minister for the excellent Bill and join Opposition Front Benchers in thanking him ...

I rise to speak in respect of some of the amendments and new clauses in part two: specifically, G...

Order. After the next speaker, I am afraid I will have to reduce the time limit to four minutes. ...

I will speak to new clause 43, but first I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Garston and ...

I have a bit of a poorly chest, so if my voice goes, that is the reason. I thank the Minister for...

I start by thanking the Minister. He has worked cross party, particularly with me, to turn what w...

My hon. Friend is making a powerful case for stalking advocates. Does she also agree that now is ...

I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend, who I know has tabled amendments on that point. We need t...

I rise to speak in support of new clause 27, and I hope that Conservative Members will support it...

Order. I am afraid that after the next speaker there will still be 10 people waiting to speak. We...

I associate myself with the amendments in the names of the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Dam...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for using a personal case to speak so powerfully. I know that she...

I thank my hon. Friend for that, and yes, the new clause would go much further than tackling the ...

It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy), to whom I pay tribute ...

May I start by saying how disappointing it is that a Bill with so much potential to be a force fo...

As co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on domestic violence and abuse, I will concentra...

Diolch yn fawr, Mr Deputy Speaker; it is a pleasure to contribute to this debate. I rise to speak...

I rise to speak to new clause 1, and new clauses 2 and 3 in my name. When we talk about victims, ...

I rise to speak to amendment 26, which I tabled. It is supported by hon. Members across the House...

I thank the Minister for what he said about consultation on the victims code. It is important tha...

First, I commend the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) on his amendment....

I am sad to say that I have had several constituents approach me about the conduct of individual ...

With the leave of the House, I call the Minister to wind up the debate.

It is a pleasure to bring this debate on the Victims and Prisoners Bill Report stage to a close. ...

I have listened to what has been said by Front-Bench Members on both sides, but they will have he...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. We will listen carefully to what their noble lordships say when ...

I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time.

As is appropriate on these occasio...

I call the shadow Justice Secretary.

9.57 pm

It is a pleasure to speak in this somewhat short Third Reading debate on this Bill. I start by pa...