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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


Westminster Hall
Disclosure and Safeguarding: At-risk Children - Mon 13 Apr 2026
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lewis Atkinson (Lab - Sunderland Central) For example, would only convictions be disclosed, or would wider intelligence about risk be too? - Speech Link
2: Liz Twist (Lab - Blaydon and Consett) Neither scheme protects a child in their own right from an adult with a history of non-sexual physical - Speech Link
3: Ashley Fox (Con - Bridgwater) offences or poses a risk to the child for some other reason. - Speech Link
4: Josh MacAlister (Lab - Whitehaven and Workington) That may include previous convictions for child sexual abuse, a history of child cruelty, domestic violence - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Women’s Safety in Rural Areas - Tue 24 Mar 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Anna Sabine (LD - Frome and East Somerset) determination that we should do something about it.UN Women UK has found that 71% of women have experienced sexual - Speech Link
2: Anna Sabine (LD - Frome and East Somerset) It is a design choice, and it can be designed out.Women are four times more likely to experience sexual - Speech Link
3: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) Data has shown that in rural areas, convictions for domestic abuse are less likely, and victims in rural - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Court and Tribunal Transcripts - Mon 23 Mar 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley and Ilkley) She said:“The entirety of my sexual violence trial hinged around me. - Speech Link
2: Sarah Olney (LD - Richmond Park) How can the UK claim to support victims of rape and sexual assault when such barriers to their recovery - Speech Link
3: Jake Richards (Lab - Rother Valley) In the Crown court, victims of rape and serious sexual offences, and bereaved families in homicide cases—that - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 19 Mar 2026
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Ellie Reeves (Lab - Lewisham West and East Dulwich) We are committed to supporting victims of rape and serious sexual violence. - Speech Link
2: Helen Grant (Con - Maidstone and Malling) In a report, he had previously concluded that scrapping jury trials led to unreliable convictions in - Speech Link
3: Ellie Reeves (Lab - Lewisham West and East Dulwich) This offer is already available to victims of rape and serious sexual assault across the country. - Speech Link
4: Ellie Reeves (Lab - Lewisham West and East Dulwich) That includes over 900 convictions in Devon and Cornwall. - Speech Link