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Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage: Part 2 - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Spellar (Lab - Life peer) of Offenders Act when it was first brought forward, and to make some progress. - Speech Link
2: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) of Offenders Act antipathy—they will get on, earn a living and live their lives. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) of Offenders Act 1974. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Domestic Abuse-related Deaths: NHS Prevention - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) Of the 16% of people who do report an assault, only 2.6% of alleged offenders are charged or receive - Speech Link
2: Gregory Stafford (Con - Farnham and Bordon) justice system must also command public confidence, which is why the early release scheme for serious offenders - Speech Link
3: Karin Smyth (Lab - Bristol South) heard, healthcare workers are often the first point of contact, offering support, treatment and rehabilitation - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Sentencing Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 20 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) Our Probation Service plays a critical role in the rehabilitation of offenders and in keeping our communities - Speech Link
2: None They perform a distinctive role that involves routine contact with dangerous offenders. - Speech Link
3: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) A balance must be struck between public safety and ensuring rehabilitation. - Speech Link
4: Amanda Martin (Lab - Portsmouth North) Many offenders must go there and some for a very long time. - Speech Link
5: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) of Offenders Act 1974. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Prisons: Illegal Drugs - Thu 15 Jan 2026
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) these living units, instead of expanding them, is a missed opportunity to improve safety and rehabilitation - Speech Link
2: Bobby Dean (LD - Carshalton and Wallington) of drugs into prisons, but can he expand on the demand for drugs, and on the availability of rehabilitation - Speech Link
3: Linsey Farnsworth (Lab - Amber Valley) knows that I am a huge supporter of policies that seek to maximise opportunities to rehabilitate offenders - Speech Link
4: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith and Chiswick) The objective is to get prison numbers down not by early releases, but by rehabilitation and cutting - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2025 - Thu 15 Jan 2026
No Department present
Grand Committee
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2025 - Wed 14 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) This supports rehabilitation, helps to reduce reoffending and allows people to move on with their lives - Speech Link
2: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act has, for more than 50 years, played an important role in supporting - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sentencing Bill
3rd reading - Mon 12 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) This covers the provisions in the Sentencing Bill on the treatment of national security offenders, which - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) Clause 35, with its unfortunate proposals for probation officers to take and publish photographs of offenders - Speech Link
3: None We are deeply disappointed by the rejection of our amendment to exempt the most dangerous offenders from - Speech Link
4: None most disappointed by the defeat of Amendment 25, which sought to prevent domestic abusers and sex offenders - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Jury Trials - Wed 07 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) That means that very often, offenders are pleading guilty at the door of the court, and that wastes huge - Speech Link
2: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) The delayed justice, harm to victims, and impacts on rehabilitation are a shameful legacy of over a decade - Speech Link
3: Karl Turner (Lab - Kingston upon Hull East) Clarke when he was Justice Secretary, and it was put into the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders - Speech Link
4: Monica Harding (LD - Esher and Walton) Similar problems arise in youth justice where sentences are repeatedly deferred, leaving young offenders - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sentencing Bill
Report stage: Part 1 - Tue 06 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) In general, repeat offenders will receive a sentence of imprisonment, whereas single offenders will often - Speech Link
2: None , and they are much less effective than community sentences in reforming offenders. - Speech Link
3: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) In other words, offenders were sentenced under a law that has been altered. - Speech Link
4: Lord Timpson (Lab - Life peer) They include many serious sexual offenders. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Sentencing Bill
Report stage: Part 2 - Tue 06 Jan 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) Let the panel, let the judge, look at what can be done with regard to supervision, rehabilitation and - Speech Link
2: None However, we do not agree that the qualifying period for DPP offenders should be reduced. - Speech Link
3: None Through the IPP action plan, HMPPS is considering all IPP offenders recalled for being out of touch, - Speech Link
4: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) That would apply for serious sexual offenders and for stalkers who had been recalled for harassing or - Speech Link