To ask the Attorney-General in what proportion of cases in magistrates' courts prosecutors for the Crown Prosecution Service have been in court without (a) the full case file and (b) any case file at all in each of the last three years.

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To ask the Attorney-General in what proportion of cases in magistrates' courts prosecutors for the Crown Prosecution Service have been in court without (a) the full case file and (b) any case file at all in each of the last three years.

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To ask the Attorney-General what estimate he has made of the proportion of trials that do not take place in magistrates' courts as a result of identifiable failings by the Crown Prosecution Service; and if he will make a statement.

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To ask the Attorney-General what estimate he has made of the proportion of trials that do not take place in magistrates' courts as a result of identifiable failings by the Crown Prosecution Service; and if he will make a statement.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 346W, on care homes, how many of the Care Quality Commission inspections were conducted (a) on site and (b) remotely.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 346W, on care homes, how many of the Care Quality Commission inspections were conducted (a) on site and (b) remotely.

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As somebody who sat GCSEs in their first year, 1988, and saw the watering down of standards at the time and the knock-on watering down of standards that followed for A-levels, I welcome what my right hon. Friend has said today. Building on the point that he has just made,...

As somebody who sat GCSEs in their first year, 1988, and saw the watering down of standards at the time and the knock-on watering down of standards that followed for A-levels, I welcome what my right hon. Friend has said today. Building on the point that he has just made,...

My hon. Friend appears to be making a coherent argument for banning alcohol altogether. I am concerned that she is like the anti-smoking lobby, which tries to come up with different things to restrict smoking in order to hide its real agenda, which is to abolish smoking altogether. If she...

My hon. Friend appears to be making a coherent argument for banning alcohol altogether. I am concerned that she is like the anti-smoking lobby, which tries to come up with different things to restrict smoking in order to hide its real agenda, which is to abolish smoking altogether. If she...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Caton. As a libertarian and a believer in individual freedoms, I had hoped that the country had escaped from the nanny-state health police with the end of the previous Labour Government but, sadly, I was clearly naive in that thought....

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Caton. As a libertarian and a believer in individual freedoms, I had hoped that the country had escaped from the nanny-state health police with the end of the previous Labour Government but, sadly, I was clearly naive in that thought....

I will not give way, because plenty of other people want to speak and time is pressing. I will happily debate with him in the Tea Room or at some other point, although I am the only one arguing from this perspective, I suspect. The Centre for Economics and Business...

I will not give way, because plenty of other people want to speak and time is pressing. I will happily debate with him in the Tea Room or at some other point, although I am the only one arguing from this perspective, I suspect. The Centre for Economics and Business...

I do not accept that for two reasons. First, people should be free to spend their own money as they so wish, without having to obtain the permission of my hon. Friend before they decide how to live their life, in particular if no one else is affected; it is...

I do not accept that for two reasons. First, people should be free to spend their own money as they so wish, without having to obtain the permission of my hon. Friend before they decide how to live their life, in particular if no one else is affected; it is...

The Secretary of State seems to be arguing that sending people to prison for longer would not help to reduce reoffending, but his Department's own figures indicate that the longer they spend in prison, the less likely they are to reoffend. If he is not sure about that, I can...

The Secretary of State seems to be arguing that sending people to prison for longer would not help to reduce reoffending, but his Department's own figures indicate that the longer they spend in prison, the less likely they are to reoffend. If he is not sure about that, I can...

I have some sympathy with the idea that people should not be languishing in prison, not doing anything for years and years and not knowing when they might be released. However, surely my hon. Friend would agree that it is far better to say to somebody, ““You will be released...

I have some sympathy with the idea that people should not be languishing in prison, not doing anything for years and years and not knowing when they might be released. However, surely my hon. Friend would agree that it is far better to say to somebody, ““You will be released...

The figures my right hon. and learned Friend dismissed are the ones supplied by his Department. All I can do is give the figures as they are. They indicate that of the 206 people who have been released having served an IPP sentence, only 11 have reoffended. It is up...

The figures my right hon. and learned Friend dismissed are the ones supplied by his Department. All I can do is give the figures as they are. They indicate that of the 206 people who have been released having served an IPP sentence, only 11 have reoffended. It is up...

If my hon. Friend does not mind, I will make some progress, because many other Members wish to speak and I want to draw my remarks to a close. My final point is on the automatic release of offenders halfway through their sentence, which is one of the shameful things...

If my hon. Friend does not mind, I will make some progress, because many other Members wish to speak and I want to draw my remarks to a close. My final point is on the automatic release of offenders halfway through their sentence, which is one of the shameful things...

My positive proposal appears to have escaped my hon. Friend. I think I am right in saying that he is a member of the new 301 group, which I thought referred to the number of seats we had to win at the next election; I did not realise it was...

My positive proposal appears to have escaped my hon. Friend. I think I am right in saying that he is a member of the new 301 group, which I thought referred to the number of seats we had to win at the next election; I did not realise it was...

I think my hon. Friend is very good friends with Ministry of Justice Front Benchers and I suggest that he asks them some parliamentary questions, because those are the answers they have given. To be as helpful as possible, I will furnish him with the parliamentary answer that shows that...

I think my hon. Friend is very good friends with Ministry of Justice Front Benchers and I suggest that he asks them some parliamentary questions, because those are the answers they have given. To be as helpful as possible, I will furnish him with the parliamentary answer that shows that...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. She does a great deal of work representing victims charities, such as Families Fighting for Justice, and should be commended for it. With regard to transparency in sentencing, it cannot be transparent for people to be handed down a particular sentence when we know...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. She does a great deal of work representing victims charities, such as Families Fighting for Justice, and should be commended for it. With regard to transparency in sentencing, it cannot be transparent for people to be handed down a particular sentence when we know...

They must have had to commit an awful lot of crimes to get themselves into prison, because it is very difficult to get sent to prison in this country. Let me emphasise the point. In 2009, according to the Ministry of Justice, 2,980 burglars and 4,677 violent offenders with 15...

They must have had to commit an awful lot of crimes to get themselves into prison, because it is very difficult to get sent to prison in this country. Let me emphasise the point. In 2009, according to the Ministry of Justice, 2,980 burglars and 4,677 violent offenders with 15...

These debates on criminal justice matters always resemble a lawyers' dinner party; it is all very fascinating, but I am not sure that most of my constituents will be entirely impressed with the conclusions drawn from a lawyers' dinner party. Once again, we have a cosy consensus in this place,...

These debates on criminal justice matters always resemble a lawyers' dinner party; it is all very fascinating, but I am not sure that most of my constituents will be entirely impressed with the conclusions drawn from a lawyers' dinner party. Once again, we have a cosy consensus in this place,...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have this wretched organisation, HM inspectorate of prisons, the members of which come down from their nine-bedroom mansions in Oxfordshire, go around the prisons and say, ““Oh, it's jolly awful in here, isn't it? Absolutely terrible.”” If those same people came from the...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have this wretched organisation, HM inspectorate of prisons, the members of which come down from their nine-bedroom mansions in Oxfordshire, go around the prisons and say, ““Oh, it's jolly awful in here, isn't it? Absolutely terrible.”” If those same people came from the...

I share many of my hon. Friend's concerns and I am certainly concerned that many people are anxious to get back into custody. There are an awful lot of reasons for that, one of which he has given. Some might argue that another reason why people are so keen to...

I share many of my hon. Friend's concerns and I am certainly concerned that many people are anxious to get back into custody. There are an awful lot of reasons for that, one of which he has given. Some might argue that another reason why people are so keen to...

I asked the Ministry of Justice what was the highest number of crimes that somebody had committed while still not being sent to prison—the number of previous convictions. The answer was 578. Somebody with 578 previous convictions was not sent to prison. That was 300 for shoplifting, 131 for drunk...

I asked the Ministry of Justice what was the highest number of crimes that somebody had committed while still not being sent to prison—the number of previous convictions. The answer was 578. Somebody with 578 previous convictions was not sent to prison. That was 300 for shoplifting, 131 for drunk...