Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 03 Nov 2022
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2022
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for explaining why this provision is necessary. This SI amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 to enable current or potential sponsors under the Homes for Ukraine scheme to undergo a full criminal background check undertaken by the DBS. In essence, the changes are …..."Lord Dholakia - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 Oct 2022
Parole Board (Amendment) Rules 2022
"My Lords, I am pleased to support the Motion in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Prashar, and to reinforce her concerns about recent changes to the parole process.
When it considers a prisoner’s case, the Parole Board has two decisions to make: first, whether to direct the prisoner’s …..."Lord Dholakia - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 Dec 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
"My Lords, Amendment 114 is in my name. We discussed it in Committee and I have studied at great length the response from the Minister. Unfortunately, it has not satisfied many retail traders, whose income depends on crime being prevented. The consequences for shop insurance and livelihoods depend on proper …..."Lord Dholakia - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 15 Dec 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
"My Lords, Amendment 89 is also in the name of the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Butler-Sloss, who cannot be with us today but has faithfully promised to support it. I have a Private Member’s Bill on this same subject which is awaiting its Second Reading. Suffice to say, on …..."Lord Dholakia - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Nov 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Nov 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
"My Lords, the purpose of the amendment in my name is to remove Section 176 from the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. With regard to what is affectionately known as shoplifting, it is estimated by the British Retail Consortium that businesses lose £770 million a year to shop …..."Lord Dholakia - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 03 Nov 2021
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
"My Lords, I thank the Minister for his explanation. A large number of these businesses are owned by people from our diverse communities, and corner shops are areas of high crime rates. They have made a number of representations to me. I shall discuss the Minister’s comments with them and, …..."Lord Dholakia - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 18 May 2021
Queen’s Speech
"My Lords, I make no apologies for drawing the attention of the House yet again to the state of our prisons. The United Kingdom continues to have the highest rate of imprisonment in western Europe. In England and Wales, there are 131 prisoners for every 100,000 people in the general …..."Lord Dholakia - View Speech
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Written Question
Friday 2nd August 2019
Asked by:
Lord Dholakia (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many 10 and 11 year olds received a custodial sentence in each of the past 10 years.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
- Shadow Minister (Justice)
Custody should always be a last resort for children. The table below sets out the number of 10 and 11 year olds who have received a custodial sentence since 2009:
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
Total Immediate Custody | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
This is the latest annual data available from the ‘Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly: December 2018 – Outcomes by Offence data tool’:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018
Written Question
Friday 2nd August 2019
Asked by:
Lord Dholakia (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children aged between 10 and 14 years old were held in youth custody in each month in the last five years.
Answered by Lord Keen of Elie
- Shadow Minister (Justice)
Custody should always be a last resort for children. Statistics on the numbers of children aged between 10 and 14 held in Youth Custody are published regularly as part of the Youth Custody data series and can be found at the following link;
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data
The table below shows the number children aged between 10 and 14 years old were held in youth custody in each month in the last five years. It should be noted that the data from 2018/19 onwards is currently provisional.
Year | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar |
2014/15 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 47 | 37 | 39 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 34 | 44 |
2015/16 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 42 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 43 | 33 | 31 | 26 | 33 |
2016/17 | 38 | 34 | 33 | 38 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 31 | 37 | 40 | 42 | 42 |
2017/18 | 39 | 36 | 39 | 45 | 43 | 43 | 52 | 50 | 43 | 36 | 43 | 47 |
2018/19 | 48 | 47 | 41 | 37 | 42 | 43 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 37 | 37 | 38 |
2019/20 | 38 | 36 | | | | | | | | | | |