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Written Question
Barristers: Northern Ireland
Monday 28th October 2019

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date he plans to visit Northern Ireland to confirm the appointment of new Queen's Counsel.

Answered by Chris Philp - Shadow Home Secretary

The Lord Chancellor will consider the recommended appointments in due course.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Domestic Abuse Bill

"I thank the hon. Lady for giving way; she is making a powerful speech. I would like to go back to the reference that was made to women in Northern Ireland. She and her colleagues will be well aware that we have not had a functioning Assembly in Northern Ireland …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jun 2018
Privately Financed Prisons

"Responsibility for prisons in Northern Ireland, as the Minister well knows, is a devolved matter. He will also be well aware that we have not had a functioning Assembly in Northern Ireland for 18 months, so we have no Justice Minister. Given those circumstances, will he please give reassurance to …..."
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Written Question
Prisoners' Release
Monday 15th January 2018

Asked by: Lady Hermon (Independent - North Down)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners serving an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment for public protection have been freed by the Parole Board in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The latest published first release statistics for prisoners serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences are provided in the table below.

2015

2016

Q1 & 2 2017

562

576

315

The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly data on IPP sentences as part of the Offender Management Statistics:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/offender-management-statistics-quarterly

The release of IPP sentence prisoners is solely a matter for the Independent Parole Board, based on a thorough assessment of risk. The Board will direct the release of these prisoners only if it is satisfied that the levels of risk posed to the general public are reduced enough to be safely managed in the community under supervision by the National Probation Service and its partner agencies.

Public protection is our priority and no changes have been made to the IPP release test. All IPP prisoners will continue to be rigorously assessed by the Independent Parole Board as to whether they are safe to be released.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"I am grateful to the Minister for pre-empting the intervention, but he is referring to my earlier intervention regarding clause 9. Will he use this opportunity to confirm at the Dispatch Box that neither clause 8 nor clause 9, which we have just passed as amended, will be used in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"I am very grateful indeed to the Minister for allowing me to intervene. I just want him to clarify a very important issue. We are talking about clause 9 and amendments to it. The Minister and his colleagues will know that any regulations that could be made under clause 7 …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Dec 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"Forgive me for correcting the Minister. I do not mean to be rude, but clauses 7 to 9 extend to Northern Ireland, so these powers will also be extended to Northern Ireland—schedule 2 extends them to Northern Ireland—so if we had an Executive up and running again, Ministers in a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"I do not wish to criticise the UK Government, because in many ways and instances they do lead the way in signing up to the UN conventions. As Ministers made clear last week, in terms of international law the UK adopts a dual system. So it is all well and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Nov 2017
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill

"As a former and, I have to say, very distinguished Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who did a really good job in that office—I mean that most sincerely, although I rarely have the opportunity to say it—the right hon. Lady will know that the UK withdrawing from the charter …..."
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