Sentencing Act 2020 (Special Procedures for Community and Suspended Sentence Orders) Regulations 2023

Debate between Lord Bellamy and Lord Haskel

Monday 26th June 2023 Grand Committee

[Lord Bellamy (Con)]

I am very happy to give my noble friend Lord Jackson that assurance. The Ministry of Justice and the Government share his view that effective chaplaincy is very important and part of the wider holistic approach to dealing with offenders.

[The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Haskel) (Lab)]

My Lords, there is a Division in the House. The Committee stands adjourned for 10 minutes.

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[Lord Bellamy (Con)]

At the moment, the evaluation is an MoJ evaluation, as far as I know. I am sure that we can build in stakeholders. This is not exactly the MoJ’s homework, because the MoJ is not active in doing this; it is judges, the Probation Service, local authorities and so forth. I am sure that if your Lordships attach importance to some objective, third-party look at what we are doing—I can quite see why—that suggestion should be taken very seriously as we move forward.

[The Deputy Chairman of Committees (Lord Haskel) (Lab)]

My Lords, there is another Division in the House. The Committee stands adjourned again for 10 minutes.