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Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Committee stage - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: None recidivism and support rehabilitation and the prisoner’s ability to resettle in the community upon release - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lawlor (Con - Life peer) undertaken by Ministers over the last six years arising from the public disquiet over the proposed release - Speech Link
3: Lord German (LD - Life peer) The current rules are that the release of prisoners serving a life sentence is determined by the Parole - Speech Link
4: Earl Howe (Con - Excepted Hereditary) These include the Parole Board’s reasons for declining to direct the prisoner’s release at the conclusion - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Christians: Persecution - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) international alliance, the special envoy established a scheme to raise awareness each month of different prisoners - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
James Bulger Murder: Public Inquiry - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Gordon Henderson (Con - Sittingbourne and Sheppey) Before I call Members to speak, I remind them that there is a court injunction regarding the release - Speech Link
2: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool, Wavertree) I welcome the decision of the Parole Board late last year to refuse Venables’s release, which said he - Speech Link
3: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) , we have not had a similar review about his release in 2013 or subsequent recall to prison. - Speech Link
4: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) helpful if I briefly provide a little more explanation about how the Parole Board determines whether prisoners - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Investigatory Powers (Amendment)Bill [Lords]
Report stage - Mon 25 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: David Davis (Con - Haltemprice and Howden) The Horizon scandal, Mid Staffs, sweetheart tax deals with large companies, the mistreatment of prisoners - Speech Link
2: None During the so-called war on terror, countless prisoners were tortured by foreign Governments after the - Speech Link
3: David Davis (Con - Haltemprice and Howden) They look at something and do not always release information if it is operationally sensitive. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Hong Kong Security Legislation - Thu 21 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) What update can the Minister give the House in relation to our efforts to secure Jimmy Lai’s release? - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) The Foreign Secretary reiterated the call for his release on 16 February directly with Foreign Minister - Speech Link
3: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) do about this and about raising, along with the case of Jimmy Lai, the cases of the 1,700 political prisoners - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) I also pay tribute to Mark Drakeford for his long, steady service in Wales.With violent prisoners released - Speech Link
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Secretary was reduced to begging the Prime Minister either to send fewer offenders to prison or to release - Speech Link
3: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) ensure that an immigration Minister meets West Lindsey District Council and me urgently, so that we can release - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) what we are calling for is an immediate, sustained humanitarian pause that would allow for the safe release - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Prevention of Future Deaths Report: Terance Radford - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lee Anderson (RUK - Ashfield) At that time, Collins was in segregation away from all the other prisoners because he had set fire to - Speech Link
2: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) It is another scheme to release prisoners early, and it is now being expanded to release more prisoners - Speech Link
3: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) It does so by enabling certain prisoners to be released before their normal automatic release date while - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Israel and Gaza - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Gentleman’s list is an urgent call for the release of the hostages.In answer to the hon. - Speech Link
2: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Friend for her call for the release of the hostages. - Speech Link
3: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) release are not aided by the treatment of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and detention centres - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian Refugees - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Tim Loughton (Con - East Worthing and Shoreham) Will the Government press for investigation in respect of both political and military prisoners who are - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Will the Minister say a little about alleged extrajudicial killings, torture and abuse of prisoners of - Speech Link
3: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) Members asked about prisoners of war and war crimes. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2024 - Mon 18 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) available to the Probation Service to bring an offender managed on licence in the community, following release - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) I suggest a constructive way forward, which is that we automatically release anyone in prison for low-level - Speech Link
3: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) Automatic release for low-level drug offenders is a very creative idea; it is some way away from the - Speech Link