In Parliament - Shabana Mahmood

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Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

I am grateful to my hon. Friend, because he gives me an opportunity at the conclusion of my statement to support the Probation Service. In all of the Tory party’s terrible legacy in the...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

The hon. and learned Gentleman is absolutely right. It is for Parliament to set the overall sentencing framework, but every single judge has to see the case in front of them and make their own...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is exactly right. At no point has anybody on the Conservative Benches shown any humility or tried to answer the question of why they did nothing about it. As I say, the case of...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

On the immigration guideline, I will correct something that the shadow Justice Secretary said earlier. Nothing in that guideline prevents the deportation of any foreign national offenders, and...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

I think the country had its say on 14 years of the Tories in charge. To be honest, given their legacy in the criminal justice system, I would not take the same approach, but I am not surprised...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

In Wales, these are reserved matters, and the guidelines would impact only on England and Wales. There are devolved arrangements here as well, which I do not propose to upend in any way, but I am...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is right. The business of government is difficult and requires lots of effort. The contrast between this Government’s approach and the approach taken by the Tory party over...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

No. I have very positive conversations with the Lady Chief Justice. She has an important constitutional function and obligations, as do I. Our conversations are collaborative and constructive. On...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is right. I wish to see the widest possible use of pre-sentencing reports. It is my job to ensure that the Probation Service is in a position to provide pre-sentencing reports...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

I did answer the question: it did not.

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

I can offer my hon. Friend immediate reassurance. The Bill that we have published today is a very targeted Bill on the ability of the Sentencing Council to bring forward guidelines relating only...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

On diversity in the judiciary, there has been consensus in this House on that point. A lot of effort has gone into encouraging applications from people who may want to consider leaving private...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

In fairness to the Sentencing Council, it sought views from the previous Government and was told that the Government welcomed its findings, both in the consultation and the guideline. The...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

The proper role of a pre-sentence report is to give a judge who is about to pass down a sentence vital information about the context of that offender—for example, whether there has been...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

Who can say? I suggest asking any of the Conservative Members here whether they have an answer to that, but they appear to still wish to live on another planet and never reckon with their own...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

I have already said that I am not interested in making a personal attack on anybody. I have a disagreement on a point of principle with members of the Sentencing Council about what is the proper...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is right: many Conservative Members appear to have a very loose relationship with their own track record.

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

If the hon. Gentleman is concerned about the guidelines and what was brought to his attention when, perhaps people in his party should not have waved them through before the general election and...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

I thank the Chair of the Select Committee for his question. Of course, I respect the independence of the judiciary. I think I was very clear in my statement and the remarks I have made that I not...

Sentencing Council Guidelines

Commons debates

I thank the Liberal Democrat spokesman for his questions. He is right: as I said in my statement, pre-sentence reports are an incredibly vital tool for judges. In fact, the requirement is that...