Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 28 Oct 2022
Coroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill [HL]
"That the Bill be now read a second time...."Lord Bishop of St Albans - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 28 Oct 2022
Coroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-chair of Peers for Gambling Reform.
I am glad to bring before the House the Coroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill, now in its third iteration. This latest version is significantly different from the previous two; it has taken on board many of …..."Lord Bishop of St Albans - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 28 Oct 2022
Coroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill [HL]
"I thank noble Lords for their speeches. I will not go into them in detail, because we hope to come back to this at a later stage, when we can explore them further. I shall just respond to the Minister though, because it seems to me that there is a …..."Lord Bishop of St Albans - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 18th July 2022
Asked by:
Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were subject to a Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) as part of a (1) community, or (2) suspended, sentence order due to a serious gambling addiction for each year since their introduction in 2005.
Answered by Lord Bellamy
Offenders with a gambling addiction may be suitable for a Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) as part of a community or suspended sentence order where mental health has been identified as an underlying factor.
Data on the factors underlying the use of MHTRs is collected on the primary presenting need such as anxiety or depression. As problem gambling is not identified as a primary presenting need the data requested is not currently available
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Jul 2022
Human Rights Act 1998
"My Lords, I too thank the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker, for securing this debate, and for setting out so clearly many of the great benefits that have been achieved through the Human Rights Act. I will not repeat or elaborate any of those here, and perhaps save a moment or …..."Lord Bishop of St Albans - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 30th June 2022
Asked by:
Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bishops - Bishops)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce (1) a Community Sentence Treatment Requirement for gambling addiction, or (2) a Gambling Treatment Requirement, similar to community sentence treatments for offences where alcohol, drugs or mental health issues were an underlying factor.
Answered by Lord Bellamy
Offenders with a gambling addiction may be suitable for a Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) as part of a community or suspended sentence order where mental health has been identified as an underlying factor.
The MHTR clinical practitioner assessment would identify an individual’s vulnerability (for example gambling addiction) and this would determine the psychological interventions suitable for them. Due to the complexity of gambling addiction, different approaches are used to enhance therapeutic effectiveness.
HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) is committed to increasing awareness of the hidden harms of addiction to gambling and helping to support those with a problem, at all stages of the criminal justice system. To this end, a needs analysis is planned so that we can better understand the size of the issue. The results will inform the development of an HMPPS national gambling strategy, designed to raise awareness of problem gambling and ensure that our probation officers have the confidence to help identify and signpost individuals into the most appropriate care.
I refer the noble Lord to the answer given to HL980 for a more detailed account of the work in hand to raise awareness and knowledge of problem gambling with prison staff, probation and the police.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 31 Mar 2022
Judicial Review and Courts Bill
"My Lords, I rise to speak briefly to Amendment 28 standing in my name. I would be grateful if the House would indulge me just for a few minutes. As I explained last week when I was presenting my Private Member’s Bill, Public Health England pointed out that, in just …..."Lord Bishop of St Albans - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 25 Mar 2022
Coroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill [HL]
"That the Bill do now pass...."Lord Bishop of St Albans - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 25 Mar 2022
Coroners (Determination of Suicide) Bill [HL]
"My Lords, I shall make just one or two brief comments. I am sure everybody is greatly relieved that the timing is going so well this afternoon, and I really shall not delay your Lordships for too long, but this gives me an opportunity to say one or two brief …..."Lord Bishop of St Albans - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Feb 2022
Social Welfare Law Cases: Legal Aid
"My Lords, it is to be welcomed that there is pilot scheme going on. I am particularly pleased to hear about the mediation scheme, which is crucial to trying to find ways to deal with things one-to-one. Can the Minister say a little more though about what is going on? …..."Lord Bishop of St Albans - View Speech
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