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

Mentions:
1: Robert Jenrick (Con - Newark) on that backlog.The Government propose to abolish the right to trial by jury for a vast range of offences - Speech Link
2: Luke Evans (Con - Hinckley and Bosworth) offences, including rape.”The Minister’s example about a bottle of whisky is therefore not appropriate - Speech Link
3: Pam Cox (Lab - Colchester) Men of property, who gave verdicts in trials on a wide range of alleged offences. - Speech Link
4: Catherine Atkinson (Lab - Derby North) such as criminal damage and common assault summary only, removing juries for those offences? - Speech Link
5: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) Those became summary-only offences in 1988—they were not subject to juries at all. - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: None offence, within the meaning of section 3 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, or (j) the offender has been - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) That is not because we do not take the issue of sexual offences extremely seriously—we do, just as we - Speech Link
3: None Of course, sexual offences include some of the most serious offences there are, and they will remain - Speech Link
4: Lord Keen of Elie (Con - Life peer) For sexual offences and domestic abuse, immediate public protection should take precedence over other - Speech Link
5: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) We accept that sexual offences are serious offences, but there are many other serious offences as well - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Violence against Women and Girls Strategy - Thu 18 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Jess Phillips (Lab - Birmingham Yardley) Last year, one in every eight women was a victim of domestic abuse, stalking or sexual assault. - Speech Link
2: Katie Lam (Con - Weald of Kent) According to data from the Ministry of Justice, foreign nationals make up a third of all convictions - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part two - Wed 17 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) Sections 4A and 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 obviously create two specific criminal offences, but the - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) To remove from these offences behaviour that causes alarm would mean that behaviour that frightens or - Speech Link
3: Baroness Cash (Con - Life peer) The naming of offences is extremely important in order for people to feel able to come forward. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) Some honour-based offences are criminal offences, as we know: they involve murder. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Courts Bill
2nd reading - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Meston (XB - Excepted Hereditary) offences against a child. - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) relating to domestic or family-related abuse, sexual offences or child criminal exploitation in their - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 15 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None Could a convicted sex offender obtain a GRC while serving a prison sentence for sexual offences? - Speech Link
2: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) It would serve to bar those who commit sexual offences from obtaining a gender recognition certificate - Speech Link
3: None Proposed new Section 93I of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 will create a power for the Secretary of State - Speech Link
4: None The remaining government amendments to the Sexual Offences Act 2003 are minor and consequential. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part two - Mon 15 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) The department has brought forward, rightly, in Clause 106 offences which have been missing. - Speech Link
2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) That is why we are introducing the new dangerous cycling offences here in Clause 106. - Speech Link
3: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) However, it is a corollary of creating the offences, and we welcome the creation of the offences. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2025 - Mon 15 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 governs the disclosure of cautions and convictions for most - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) Casey of Blackstock, who is here with us today, to conduct a national audit on group-based child sexual - Speech Link
2: Chris Murray (Lab - Edinburgh East and Musselburgh) The chair, Alexis Jay, has said that Scotland does not grasp the scale of child sexual exploitation. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: None offences(1) The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended as follows.(2) In section 9 (sexual activity with - Speech Link
2: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) that would occur under Section 9 of the Sexual Offences Act. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) I am looking at Section 9 of the Sexual Offences Act, on “Sexual activity with a child”, which I understand - Speech Link