Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Alicia Kearns Excerpts
Tuesday 15th September 2026

(1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jake Richards Portrait Jake Richards
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I am not just happy to meet them; I am keen to meet them. If we are going to improve the family justice system, we need to hear from those who have experienced it. We are rolling out child-focused courts, which will help, but we have to improve productivity more generally, and we are getting on with that.

Alicia Kearns Portrait Alicia Kearns (Rutland and Stamford) (Con)
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It was May when I stood here and asked the Minister to intervene in the situation of a paedophile moved to an open prison two years into his 10-year sentence. I was promised an answer then. I raised the matter again in July and again last week, and yet I have still had no answer. When will Sanders’ survivors finally stopped being ignored by this Minister and get an answer on why this man has been put in an open prison?

Jake Richards Portrait Jake Richards
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I understand the force of the hon. Lady’s question. I will look into that immediately the moment this session ends, and I will meet her behind the Speaker’s Chair to confirm how we do that.