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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 21 October 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Beith. The answering member was Crispin Blunt.

Cutting Crime (Justice Reinvestment)

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on cutting crime (justice reinvestment).

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
516 c323-68WH 
Session
2010-12
Department
Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Tony Baldry | 516 c349-51WH (Link to this contribution) I have the fifteenth largest constituency in the country. It has approximately 85,000 adults, which ...
Alun Michael | 516 c361WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister makes an interesting point by suggesting that he will measure things by outcomes. That ...
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Crispin Blunt | 516 c361WH (Link to this contribution) I would like to draw the attention of the right hon. Gentleman to a passage in his contribution wher...
Crispin Blunt | 516 c361WH (Link to this contribution) I will give way for the last time, otherwise I will not get a chance to reply to the debate.
Alun Michael | 516 c361WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for generously admitting that he was not keeping up with my explanatio...
Crispin Blunt | 516 c362WH (Link to this contribution) Elements of the functions of the Youth Justice Board will be brought into the Ministry of Justice. I...
Crispin Blunt | 516 c363WH (Link to this contribution) Well, I am grateful to receive support, wherever it comes from. I welcome the repentance of the Lead...
Lord Beith | 516 c363WH (Link to this contribution) Now that we are having a more rational political debate about criminal justice policy, I hope that t...
Karl Turner | 516 c351-4WH (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sir Alan Beith) for securing the deba...
Julian Huppert | 516 c355-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great privilege to participate in this debate and to follow so many right hon. and hon. Memb...
Helen Goodman | 516 c358WH (Link to this contribution) Of course. I shall come to that in a moment. The overriding point is that we are not convinced that...
Julian Huppert | 516 c358-9WH (Link to this contribution) There seems to be an implicit assumption in what the hon. Lady is saying that sending people to jail...
Helen Goodman | 516 c357-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Main. I am pleased to have this opportunity to welcom...
Lord Beith | 516 c358WH (Link to this contribution) The context is of falling crime rates with an 8% fall in recorded crime and a 4% reduction according...
Helen Goodman | 516 c359-60WH (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and I am grateful to him for digging me out of that hole. ...
Crispin Blunt | 516 c360-1WH (Link to this contribution) First, I congratulate the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman) who is sitting opposite me...
Helen Goodman | 516 c359WH (Link to this contribution) My overriding point is about a target for the prison population irrespective of what is happening to...
Alun Michael | 516 c359WH (Link to this contribution) We are in danger of losing track of the key point because of the slightly partisan approach. Surely,...
Lord Beith | 516 c366-8WH (Link to this contribution) I can assure my hon. Friend that the new membership of the Committee is every bit as compelling as t...
Crispin Blunt | 516 c364-6WH (Link to this contribution) I fear not. A very careful study by the Defence Analytical Services Agency assessed the number at 3....
Alun Michael | 516 c366WH (Link to this contribution) That is very petty; that is not true.
Speaker | 516 c366WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I ask the right hon. Gentleman not to intervene from a sedentary position.
Crispin Blunt | 516 c366WH (Link to this contribution) There is, however, much in the Committee's impressive report that resonates with this Government's p...
Elfyn Llwyd | 516 c364WH (Link to this contribution) With respect, I can answer that straight away. NAPO estimated that about 8,500 service veterans—9%—w...
Alun Michael | 516 c363-4WH (Link to this contribution) I counsel the Minister that now is the time, when there is still something of a honeymoon going on, ...
Crispin Blunt | 516 c364WH (Link to this contribution) I can well understand, given the quality of the inheritance that we received, why the right hon. Gen...
Crispin Blunt | 516 c363WH (Link to this contribution) Well, if the right hon. Gentleman accepts that I will not finish my remarks, I will give way to him....
Alun Michael | 516 c363WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Crispin Blunt | 516 c363WH (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman forgive me if I do not? Otherwise, I simply will not get through my re...
Tony Baldry | 516 c363WH (Link to this contribution) One of the glories of the coalition is that some of our colleagues are wondrously optimistic. The re...
Crispin Blunt | 516 c363WH (Link to this contribution) That realism probably reflects my own assessment of the situation. We have to do what my hon. Friend...
Lord Beith | 516 c323-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased, Mrs Main, to serve under your chairmanship, and to have the opportunity of debating th...
David Burrowes | 516 c326WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for the work that he has undertaken over a number of years. Th...
Lord Beith | 516 c326-9WH (Link to this contribution) It must be remembered that that was the response of the previous Government. I found that part disap...
Robert Buckland | 516 c337WH (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is right about the paucity of information that is available for sentencers....
Alun Michael | 516 c335-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is not an individual who needs to be accountable, but the system. The way to ensure that that hap...
Robert Buckland | 516 c339-40WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this timely debate, bearing in mind not only yesterday...
Alun Michael | 516 c337-9WH (Link to this contribution) We went through a period when sentencers were almost discouraged from going to see what was happenin...
Robert Buckland | 516 c341-3WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady hit on an important point about NOMS. While we welcome the dedicated and hard work of ...
Claire O'Neill | 516 c340-1WH (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to my hon. Friend, whose constituency of South Swindon is next door to mine. The...
Robert Buckland | 516 c343-4WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for putting the matter in context. I have been...
Alun Michael | 516 c343WH (Link to this contribution) Although I agree with what the hon. Gentleman says, there is another side to the coin. If people see...
Elfyn Llwyd | 516 c344WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for South Swindon (Mr Buckland) who, like me, is a new me...
Speaker | 516 c344WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Before I call the next speaker, I want to say that we are having the sound issues tackled. I ...
Speaker | 516 c345WH (Link to this contribution) Order. I am suspending the sitting for a few minutes to give the technicians time to sort out the so...
Elfyn Llwyd | 516 c347-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that very positive response. I shall send him a booklet—if one exi...
Crispin Blunt | 516 c347WH (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman familiar with the work of Alan Lilly of the Cheshire probation service? I saw ...
Elfyn Llwyd | 516 c345-7WH (Link to this contribution) According to a Ministry of Justice letter leaked last Friday, 14,000 MOJ jobs will be lost, 11,000 o...
Speaker | 516 c345WH (Link to this contribution) We are sorry for the technical interruption. We are not allowed to add extra time, but Mr Alan Beith...
Elfyn Llwyd | 516 c348-9WH (Link to this contribution) I realise that the right hon. Gentleman has a great deal of experience in the field of sentencing an...
Alun Michael | 516 c348WH (Link to this contribution) The problem cited by the Minister is a lawyer's problem, rather than a practical problem. There shou...
Elfyn Llwyd | 516 c348WH (Link to this contribution) As I said, I went to the States with a preconception that I would not approve of the veterans court....
Crispin Blunt | 516 c348WH (Link to this contribution) I would be grateful for the hon. Gentleman's reflections as a lawyer on treating people differently ...
Speaker | 516 c349WH (Link to this contribution) Order. Before I call the next speaker, I remind everybody that there is approximately 40 minutes lef...
Lord Beith | 516 c329-30WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to focus on what we saw in practice. The Committee has tried ...
Elfyn Llwyd | 516 c329WH (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman will recall that a fortnight or three weeks ago, we visited the Lambeth pro...
Lord Beith | 516 c329WH (Link to this contribution) I am giving the right hon. Gentleman a prompt, but I am sure that he does not need it. Short-senten...
Claire O'Neill | 516 c335WH (Link to this contribution) Yes, I am coming to my point. One thing that really struck me was the lack of accountability in the ...
Speaker | 516 c335WH (Link to this contribution) Order. May I ask the hon. Lady to keep her intervention brief?
Claire O'Neill | 516 c335WH (Link to this contribution) As a new member of the Justice Committee, may I say what an absolute pleasure it is to listen to for...
Alun Michael | 516 c332-5WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to sit under your supervision today, Mrs Main, and I hope that I do not strain your...
Speaker | 516 c332WH (Link to this contribution) I have letters from seven people who are hoping to catch my eye during this debate, and I also want ...
Lord Beith | 516 c330-2WH (Link to this contribution) So we are talking about the same one. The Diamond initiative is delivered jointly by the Metropolita...
Crispin Blunt | 516 c363WH (Link to this contribution) If my right hon. Friend can find a way of pulling off that piece of alchemy, it would be extremely w...
Elfyn Llwyd | 516 c330WH (Link to this contribution) I am advised that it is actually the Diamond initiative.
Subjects
Contracts Crime prevention Administration of justice Construction Cooperation Finance Offenders Prisoners Prisons Probation Overcrowding Rehabilitation Sentencing Standards Reoffenders Cuts Community orders Veterans
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