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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill

"My new clause 36 seeks to implement a key recommendation of David Gauke’s independent sentencing review, on which the measures in this Bill are based. The new clause proposes that release at one third of a sentence should be conditional on positive actions and purposeful activity, such as attending education …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill

"I absolutely agree. As my hon. Friend will have seen—she sits alongside me on the Justice Committee—there is clear evidence to back that up. Secondly, starting the process of rehabilitation through positive requirements earlier will reduce reoffending rates on release, thereby cutting crime and consequently easing pressure on prison capacity …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill

"I thank my hon. Friend, the Chair of the Select Committee. I greatly trust and rely on his opinion. It is essential that rehabilitative work is available to all in prisons, as I will go on to talk about in a little more detail.

On my second point, structured rehabilitation …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 29 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill

"Does the right hon. Member realise that the Sentencing Council does not just pluck out of the air its sentencing recommendations? It consults widely with a variety of organisations, people working in the criminal justice system and the public before coming to its conclusions about the right sentences for offences. …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 27 Oct 2025
Holidays During School Term Time

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I thank the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for opening this important debate. The strength of feeling behind this petition is clear, with over 1,000 signatures in my constituency alone. It was raised by my constituent, …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 27 Oct 2025
Holidays During School Term Time

"On that point, is the Minister also concerned about local authorities such as Derbyshire county council, whose leader is parroting the sentiments of the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) about “overdiagnosis” of SEND? All the families in my constituency that face SEND issues are at their wits’ end trying …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Oct 2025
Sentencing Bill

"My hon. Friend is making a powerful case that I wholeheartedly support. She is outlining not only the real problems that gambling addiction causes but the trauma that often leads to it, which shows how important rehabilitation is. We have heard much from Opposition Members today about how everybody should …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"18. What steps her Department is taking to ensure that it meets its target of two thirds of young people participating in higher-level learning. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"In my constituency of Amber Valley the David Nieper academy teaches employability skills in conjunction with local industry, and it has had zero NEETs—those not in education, employment or training—at age 18 for the past two academic years. Will the Secretary of State join me in congratulating its students and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Oct 2025
Work for Serving Prisoners

"I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and I agree entirely with what she says about the importance of meaningful work or purposeful activity in prisons. On that basis, does she share my concern that the court backlog means that there are thousands of prisoners on remand …..."
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