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Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage part one - Tue 09 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) Victims of child sexual abuse and other offences often do not come forward themselves at the time of - Speech Link
2: None the precedent established for the creation and requesting offences in Sections 66E and 66F of the Sexual - Speech Link
3: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) By way of background, Schedule 9 inserts new Sections 66AA and 66AB into the Sexual Offences Act 2003 - Speech Link
4: None in existing section 66B(1) of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, and new sections 66AA(1) and 66AC(1) (added - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Armed Forces Bill (Fourth sitting)
Select Committee stage: 4th sitting - Tue 14 Apr 2026
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Ian Roome (LD - North Devon) the Defence Serious Crime Command to refer all allegations of sexual offences and domestic violence - Speech Link
2: Ian Roome (LD - North Devon) the Defence Serious Crime Command to refer all allegations of sexual offences and domestic violence - Speech Link
3: Neil Shastri-Hurst (Con - Solihull West and Shirley) : that allegations of sexual offences and domestic abuse are among the most serious that any justice - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Courts and Tribunals Bill (First sitting)
Committee stage: 1st sitting - Wed 25 Mar 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Jess Brown-Fuller (LD - Chichester) As part of your review, did you look at the concept of rape and serious sexual offences courts? - Speech Link
2: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) affected by this Bill, but rape and sexual assault, as far as I understand it, are indictable-only and - Speech Link
3: Siân Berry (Green - Brighton Pavilion) VAWG comprises not just sexual violence; it includes domestic abuse, sexual violence and sexual offences - Speech Link
4: None I am a victim of rape and actual bodily harm, and I was seen in a Crown court with a jury. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Report stage: Part 2 - Mon 02 Mar 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: None 65 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (sex with an adult relative)” substitute “sections 64 and 65 of the - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bertin (Con - Life peer) The Sexual Offences Act means that it is completely illegal in nearly all step-relations, and it should - Speech Link
3: None , as they currently are under Section 69 of the Sexual Offences Act, and they will continue to be. - Speech Link
4: Lord Blencathra (Con - Life peer) tied in amendments to the Sexual Offences Act and the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act for images - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Courts and Tribunals Bill
2nd reading2nd Reading - Tue 10 Mar 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Henry Tufnell (Lab - Mid and South Pembrokeshire) both low and mid-level offences. - Speech Link
2: Charlotte Nichols (Lab - Warrington North) for non-contact sexual offences, which can cause significant and lasting harm.Finally, the VAWG sector - Speech Link
3: Matt Bishop (Lab - Forest of Dean) Trials are taking longer and for some of the most serious offences, particularly rape and sexual assault - Speech Link
4: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South and Walkden) sexual abuse specialist and rape specialist. - Speech Link
5: Warinder Juss (Lab - Wolverhampton West) and serious sexual offences cases, drawing on recommendations from the Law Commission. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Thu 13 Nov 2025
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Ellie Reeves (Lab - Lewisham West and East Dulwich) prosecutions, as well as practical advice on decision making in gang-related offences and on building - Speech Link
2: Ellie Reeves (Lab - Lewisham West and East Dulwich) I recently visited a rape and serious sexual offences—RASSO—unit in the west midlands and heard first - Speech Link
3: Ellie Reeves (Lab - Lewisham West and East Dulwich) The barriers that victims of rape and serious sexual violence face in this country are unacceptable, - Speech Link
4: Ellie Reeves (Lab - Lewisham West and East Dulwich) and serious sexual offences units in the west midlands just a few weeks ago. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Northern Ireland: Legacy of the Past - Thu 19 Mar 2026
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) Its purpose was to give immunity to stop vexatious prosecutions and to enable the truth recovery process - Speech Link
2: Robin Swann (UUP - South Antrim) The Northern Ireland Assembly has debated the issue of sexual crimes, and there was cross-party support - Speech Link
3: Paul Kohler (LD - Wimbledon) a de facto bar on investigating sexual offences not linked to death or serious injury, but their proposed - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 16 Dec 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: David Lammy (Lab - Tottenham) their work on sexual violence and domestic abuse. - Speech Link
2: Uma Kumaran (Lab - Stratford and Bow) The result is near-total impunity for the men who commit serious offences of sexual assault and domestic - Speech Link
3: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) those rape myths and stereotypes, and we are committed to our manifesto commitment of introducing independent - Speech Link
4: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) One in three rape trials end up being postponed, in some cases more than six times, and 73% of rape survivors - Speech Link
5: Alison Bennett (LD - Mid Sussex) Survivors’ Network supports all victims of sexual assault and abuse in Sussex. When my hon. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Victims and Courts Bill
Consideration of Lords amendments - Wed 25 Mar 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) That right remains protected under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, and will not be affected. - Speech Link
2: Nick Timothy (Con - West Suffolk) Labour Members sigh and moan when I raise the rape gangs. - Speech Link
3: Nick Timothy (Con - West Suffolk) the official narrative about diversity and multiculturalism.With the rape gangs, and with other acts - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Report stage part two - Wed 18 Mar 2026
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: None When you turn to prosecutions and convictions under Sections 58 and 59 Offences Against the Person Act - Speech Link
2: None There were seven prosecutions against men in the same period, and there were three convictions. - Speech Link
3: Viscount Hailsham (Con - Life peer) and the victim of the rape has to be examined and talked to. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Barker (LD - Life peer) It is to ask that prosecutions cease and desist. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Levitt (Lab - Life peer) , no statutory time limit for prosecuting criminal offences in England and Wales. - Speech Link