Ministerial statement on Thursday, 2 November 2017, in the House of Commons, led by David Lidington.

Sentencing

Statement on sentencing and the Government's response to the Hirst judgement.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 630 cc1006-1015
Session: 2017-19
Department: Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: David Lidington | 630 cc1007-8 (Link to this contribution)
With permission, Mr Deputy Speaker, I should like to make a statement on sentencing and the Gover...; Richard Burgon | 630 cc1008-9 (Link to this contribution)
I welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter today and I thank the Justice Secretary for shar...; David Lidington | 630 cc1009-1010 (Link to this contribution)
I think I gathered amid that response that the Opposition spokesman offers no specific criticisms...; Robert Neill | 630 c1010 (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the Secretary of State on having grasped the nettle that none of his predecessors ...; David Lidington | 630 c1010 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments and can confirm the point he makes.; Joanna Cherry | 630 c1010 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for writing to my colleague, the Scottish Go...; David Lidington | 630 c1010 (Link to this contribution)
I am very concerned indeed to ensure that my officials, my Ministers and I work closely with Mich...; Cheryl Gillan | 630 c1010 (Link to this contribution)
May I add my congratulations to my right hon. Friend, who, after many years, has arrived at an el...; David Lidington | 630 c1011 (Link to this contribution)
It would not be wise of me to comment in detail on the systems in operation in those countries, b...; Kate Green | 630 c1011 (Link to this contribution)
As one of 22 Members who voted against the blanket ban in 2011, this small step forward is mildly...; David Lidington | 630 c1011 (Link to this contribution)
I understand the principled position from which the hon. Lady approaches the matter. I think it r...; Dominic Grieve | 630 c1011 (Link to this contribution)
May I, too, welcome the statement and the approach my right hon. Friend has taken in resolving th...; David Lidington | 630 c1012 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my right hon. and learned Friend for his support, and I will say two things in r...; Liz McInnes | 630 c1012 (Link to this contribution)
This Government have introduced a system of universal credit on the basis that it mirrors the wor...; David Lidington | 630 c1012 (Link to this contribution)
I am not sure whether the hon. Lady was urging that all prisoners should be enfranchised, regardl...; Baroness Prentis of Banbury | 630 c1012 (Link to this contribution)
I conducted the Hirst litigation on behalf of the Government in the domestic courts, and remember...; David Lidington | 630 c1012 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her support. I think, first, that it would be unlikely in the...; Emma Little Pengelly | 630 c1012 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. It will have impacts on Northern Ireland. What ...; David Lidington | 630 c1013 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the hon. Lady and realise both the sensitivity of this issue, given the history ...; Desmond Swayne | 630 c1013 (Link to this contribution)
As a quid pro quo, will my right hon. Friend restore penal servitude with hard labour? There woul...; David Lidington | 630 c1013 (Link to this contribution)
That takes me on to rather wider territory than the subject of the statement. I thought my right ...; Kerry McCarthy | 630 c1013 (Link to this contribution)
I, too, was one of the 22 who back in 2011 voted against a blanket ban, and I have not changed my...; David Lidington | 630 c1013 (Link to this contribution)
I would have thought that the act of depriving someone of his or her liberty when they are senten...; Philip Davies | 630 c1013 (Link to this contribution)
The Secretary of State knows that I think giving the vote to any prisoners is idiotic, unjustifia...; David Lidington | 630 c1014 (Link to this contribution)
We are not proposing any change in the law, as I have already said. The commitment to stay within...; John Howell | 630 c1014 (Link to this contribution)
I unreservedly welcome the statement and the decision made, which comply with our obligations to ...; David Lidington | 630 c1014 (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his support, and I am happy to offer the briefing that he req...; Philip Hollobone | 630 c1014 (Link to this contribution)
David Cameron, the previous Prime Minister, said that it made him physically sick to think about ...; David Lidington | 630 c1014 (Link to this contribution)
We will obviously ensure, as we work through the details, that we have safeguards against any kin...; Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 630 c1015 (Link to this contribution)
And the prize for patience goes to James Cleverly.; James Cleverly | 630 c1015 (Link to this contribution)
Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. As a result of this decision, the fact that prisoners are not el...; David Lidington | 630 c1015 (Link to this contribution)
On my hon. Friend’s first point, we are going to be talking to the judiciary, whom we have notifi...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Judgements European Court of Human Rights Parole Prisoners Prisoners' release Sentencing Voting rights
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