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Public Bill Committees
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Tenth sitting)
Committee stage: 10th sitting - Thu 23 Apr 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) The defence, in cases involving sexual offences, can then consider how they wish to bring that forward - Speech Link
2: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) They help to improve the experience of victims—particularly victims of sexual offences—in the criminal - Speech Link
3: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) When the Law Commission conducted a review of these measures in relation to sexual offences cases, it - Speech Link
4: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South and Walkden) That is for an important reason: we know that in offences involving domestic abuse or sexual offences - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Ninth sitting)
Committee stage: 9th sitting - Thu 23 Apr 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) That could mean, for example, that low-level summary-only offences, such as being drunk and disorderly - Speech Link
2: None Most summary-only offences can never be retried on indictment. - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) Rape and sexual violence are horrendous crimes that have a lifelong impact on victims. - Speech Link
4: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) We will also extend the new threshold to all offence types, not only sexual offences. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Tue 21 Apr 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) Clause 3 would cover a huge number of either-way offences, including“sexual offences, sexual abuse of - Speech Link
2: None offences, who are more likely to be women. - Speech Link
3: None offences, who are more likely to be women. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Consideration of Lords message - Mon 20 Apr 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon West) week we agreed amendments to criminalise the possession or publication of pornography that depicts sexual - Speech Link
2: Matt Vickers (Con - Stockton West) Today the Government have a choice: they can stand by their previous convictions, or confirm that those - Speech Link
3: Max Wilkinson (LD - Cheltenham) A clear ban would remove an incentive that drives lower-level offences to be punished instead of more - Speech Link
4: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon West) I hope he accepts that the police are not the lead agency for enforcing all criminal offences. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fifth sitting) - Thu 16 Apr 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) We are ensuring that jury trials are preserved for the most serious offences. - Speech Link
2: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South and Walkden) What we cannot have is indictable offences and either-way offences being dealt with differently. - Speech Link
3: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South and Walkden) It is important to remember which offences are kept in the magistrates court. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons - Thu 16 Apr 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None Offences Act 2003(2) Priority offences which include an offence under that sectionSection 10(3)(a) Section - Speech Link
2: Lord Clement-Jones (LD - Life peer) This misses the point of establishing parity with the offline Sexual Offences Act, where sexual relations - Speech Link
3: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) I should stress that for both these offences, adult role-playing and the extension to step-incest offences - Speech Link
4: None (5) In relation to an offence under section 66F of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, a photograph or film - Speech Link
5: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) offences or corruption by police officers. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Tue 14 Apr 2026
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Jess Asato (Lab - Lowestoft) abuse and commercial sexual exploitation. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon West) and sex.This framework applies only where specific criminal offencesoffences of violence, public order - Speech Link
3: Sarah Jones (Lab - Croydon West) with the existing aggravated offences. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Third sitting) - Tue 14 Apr 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) They have been convicted of multiple offences of theft, and other offences alongside those in the past—for - Speech Link
2: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) or actual bodily harm, and many other serious offences. - Speech Link
3: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) Giving proper consideration to specialist rape and serious sexual offences courts to deal with sexual - Speech Link
4: Rebecca Paul (Con - Reigate) That may well be fine for summary-only offences, such as low-level motoring offences and minor criminal - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Armed Forces Bill (Fifth sitting)
Select Committee stage: 5th sitting - Tue 14 Apr 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) In some cases—as offences take place in different times and contexts—it may not be appropriate to confront - Speech Link
2: None and sexual offences consistent with national civilian policing standards. - Speech Link
3: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) Increasingly, the civilian police in England and Wales issue simple cautions for a wide range of offences - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Courts and Tribunals Bill (Fourth sitting) - Tue 14 Apr 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) We are not creating carve-outs for particular types of offences or particular kinds of defendants; the - Speech Link
2: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) Person A could be accused of sexual assault on the tube, and have never been in any criminal justice - Speech Link
3: Joe Robertson (Con - Isle of Wight East) Having previous convictions therefore puts someone into a venue with lower conviction rates. - Speech Link
4: None a number of years, those convictions will be called “spent” convictions and it is not necessary to declare - Speech Link
5: Kieran Mullan (Con - Bexhill and Battle) and offences—in both directions, because if someone has convictions, but they have moved past those - Speech Link