All 1 Jonathan Edwards contributions to the Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Act 2020

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Tue 3rd Mar 2020
Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill
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Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill Debate

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Prisoners (Disclosure of Information About Victims) Bill

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Tuesday 3rd March 2020

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I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. I am very aware that the murderer of his constituent’s daughter, Stuart Campbell, is still in prison. It is to precisely that kind of person that the provisions of the Bill apply, because we want to make sure that when—

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Can I add another name to the list? My constituent Michael O’Leary has been missing since January, suspected to have been murdered, and the individual charged with his murder is refusing to let the police know where the body has been hidden. For the families who are now living through this trauma, the fact that they cannot retrieve the body is hugely traumatic. They wanted me to put on the record today their support for what the Government intend to do.