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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2025
Sentencing Bill

"I am happy to provide further examples if that would be helpful but it may be that the tag, if Lucy had had one on, would have been used by the monitoring team to identify where she had or had not been.

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, and …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2025
Sentencing Bill

"My Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Hamwee and Lady Prashar, and the noble Lords, Lord Marks, Lord Foster and Lord Jackson, for tabling these amendments.

Amendments 60, 61 and 66 refer to the enforcement of the new community requirements. I hope that the noble Baroness and noble Lord …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2025
Sentencing Bill

"I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, and the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, for their amendments. The new community requirements in Clauses 13 to 16 are vital reforms. I am glad that I have had the opportunity to speak to them in some detail today. Amendments 65, 71 …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2025
Sentencing Bill

"My Lords, I thank noble Lords for sharing their views and tabling these amendments, which raise important issues around tackling gambling harms and the harms caused by other addictions. Just last week I met a prisoner at HMP Wormwood Scrubs whose life have been devastated by gambling harm. Although the …..."
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Scheduled Event - Wednesday 26th November - Add to calendar
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Sentencing Act 2026
Department: Ministry of Justice
MP: Lord Timpson
Scheduled Event - Wednesday 26th November - Add to calendar
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Lords - Legislation - Main Chamber
Sentencing Act 2026
Department: Ministry of Justice
MP: Lord Timpson
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Sentencing Bill

"My Lords, it is a great honour to have the opportunity to speak for the Government in Committee on the Sentencing Bill. As noble Lords know, I have devoted much of my life and career to criminal justice reform, in particular the question of how to reduce reoffending. Therefore, I …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Sentencing Bill

"I thank the noble and learned Lord, Lord Keen, and the noble Lords, Lord Sandhurst and Lord Jackson, for the further amendments they have tabled to Clause 1, which has allowed for another engaging debate on the presumption to suspend short sentences. I begin by reiterating that we are following …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Sentencing Bill

"I thank the noble Lord for raising the point about emergency workers: they deserve all our attention and we are very proud of what they do in often very difficult circumstances. I will take away his challenge on that.

I have met a number of people—especially women—in prison who are …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Sentencing Bill

"My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord and the noble and learned Lord for raising the very important issue of offender rehabilitation. As noble Lords know, this is an issue that is extremely close to my heart. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Sandhurst, for his generous words …..."
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