Debates between Damian Hinds and Kate Osborne during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between Damian Hinds and Kate Osborne
Tuesday 10th January 2023

(1 year, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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My hon. Friend is correct that there are a large number of foreign national offenders in our prisons, and facilitating the movement back to their home country is important. We have had the prisoner transfer agreement with Albania since May 2022, and we are looking at more.

Kate Osborne Portrait Kate Osborne (Jarrow) (Lab)
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7. What recent estimate he has made of the size of the backlog of criminal court cases in Jarrow constituency.

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Debate between Damian Hinds and Kate Osborne
Monday 18th October 2021

(3 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds
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I will certainly meet my hon. Friend, who I recognise has done a lot of work in this area. I want to make it clear that where people are engaged in illegal abuse, they can be identified and prosecuted via existing legislation—the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016—but I accept that there are more aspects to this. I am happy to meet her and look forward to hearing her thoughts.

Kate Osborne Portrait Kate Osborne (Jarrow) (Lab)
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T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.