Criminal Law

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He raises an incredibly important matter. I have...

I am sure that the whole House will be pleased to hear of the safeguards that the Lord Chancellor...

That is precisely why we have ensured that we have an implementation period for this policy chang...

I have three prisons in my constituency. Will the Secretary of State explain how bad the situatio...

I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. If we do not act today, we face a total collapse of...

I thank the Secretary of State for her reassurance on the exclusion of sexual and domestic violen...

My hon. Friend is right that, ultimately, one of the long-term solutions to the capacity crisis m...

The Secretary of State will be aware that Cities of London and Westminster has some of the highes...

The point about homelessness, and what it means for recall into prison, is incredibly important. ...

I am sure that many of us will have been appalled by the comments of the former Lord Chancellor, ...

The public made the decision for the previous Administration by voting them out of office in such...

I call the official Opposition spokesman.

12.13 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and congratulations on your new role.

I am grateful for th...

There will be an opportunity to respond to me later.

As we know, many offences linked to dr...

I call Bambos Charalambous.

12.20 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate you on your election and welcome you to your plac...

I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.

12.27 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate you on your election, as well as the other Deputy...

I call Andy Slaughter.

12.33 pm

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to see you in your new and much-deserved place....

If the hon. Member thinks that the Labour Government are now going to have to release 5,000 priso...

If that is really the best the Opposition have got, I understand why the shadow Minister did not ...

It is a genuine pleasure to see you in the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker—congratulations on your ne...

I call Naz Shah.

12.52 pm

May I congratulate you, Madam Deputy Speaker, on taking your space, even more so as a female Musl...

I welcome you to the Chair, Madam Deputy Speaker. I have only three brief points to make.

F...

I call the Lord Chancellor to make her closing remarks.

12.59 pm

With the leave of the House, I will respond to the debate, but let me begin by saying what a plea...

Could the Lord Chancellor expand—probably not in this debate but over the summer or even in Septe...

I will happily return or write to the right hon. Lady in respect of specific local authorities. T...

We do indeed need to build more prisons, because, as was said, the present stock is not fit for p...

Let me be clear to the hon. Gentleman and the House. The Government will ensure that we have the ...