Proceeding contribution from Jack Straw (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 29 June 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill.
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill
I am grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman the Lord Chancellor. We have heard about this alleged litany of failures. When the right hon. and learned Gentleman was Home Secretary, crime was at a post-war peak on both the measures that the Prime Minister used to discuss crime at questions earlier today. Since then, burglaries have dropped by 70%, thefts by 50%, and crime overall by 50%. Is the fact that the Lord Chancellor never, ever refers to the outcomes of our record due to the fact that that happened mainly under us or the fact that the process started under his successor, Michael Howard?
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- 530 c984-5
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- 2010-12
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Compensation Crime prevention Courts Bail Administration of justice Criminal law Alternatives to prison Employment Legal aid scheme Domestic abuse Drugs Insurance companies Legal costs Legal opinion Family law Knives Offenders Prisoners Prisons Offensive weapons Negligence Rehabilitation Sentencing Young offenders Reform Unfair practices Remand in custody Reparation by offenders Civil law Mediation
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- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010-12
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