Offender Rehabilitation Bill [HL]

My Lords, in welcoming this Bill, I know the House is all too conscious of the degree to which th...

My Lords, we should all be grateful for two aspects of the Bill before us: first, that it has com...

My Lords, as we have heard, the Bill deals with two broad issues. First, there is the extension o...

My Lords, I will speak only briefly on the purpose of this Bill, as I spoke on these matters in r...

I, too, welcome the intent of this Bill, but I am afraid that the devil may well be in the detail...

My Lords, this morning I visited the offices of NACRO, the National Association for the Care and ...

My Lords, we have heard some hugely impressive speeches generated by the action that the Governme...

My Lords, I wish I could wholeheartedly welcome this Bill as the way forward to reduce reoffendin...

My Lords, we return once more to the question of how we should be more effectively managing offen...

My Lords, I have to admit that I am deeply uneasy about the Bill, not because I do not agree with...

My Lords, in following the noble Lord, Lord Ramsbotham, who must be foremost among all prison ref...

My Lords,

“The isle is full of noises,

… that give delight and hurt not.

Someti...

My Lords, I am making a guest appearance on the Front Bench and am in the unenviable position of ...

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ponsonby, for that measured response. I thought his...

Could the noble Lord clarify whether it is the intention to bring those details back to the House...

Those are matters of contract with the providers, but you can probe me further on that in Committ...