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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jun 2020
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords]

"I agree with what my right hon. Friend says.

Eagle-eyed observers of the amendment paper will have noted that new clause 1, in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce), and amendment 7 are identical. In fact, I have a confession to make to the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jun 2020
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords]

"Do I detect from what my hon. Friend has said that he is supportive of new clause 1 and amendment 7, which are, in fact, identical in terms of marriage and relationship support? That has always been a feature of this aspect. It was part of the Family Law Act …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 17 Jun 2020
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords]

"I apologise for missing the start of my right hon. and learned Friend’s remarks. I do not know whether he had a chance to watch any of the Committee stage, but looking at what his predecessor said on the Bill, there seems to have been a slight hardening of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Jun 2020
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords]

"We are in the final year of that £39 million, and there is no guarantee as to what will happen in the next financial year. Could the Lord Chancellor reassure us that he will be a doughty champion with the Treasury and at the Cabinet table to ensure that that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 08 Jun 2020
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill [Lords]

"This Bill is aimed at minimising conflict between separated couples to make divorce not easier, but kinder. Divorce will take a minimum of six months, with an average of four out of five divorces taking longer than under the existing law.

The Family Law Act 1996 identified funding for relationship …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"T9. I am sure that the Government believe in leading by example and would want to emulate, and indeed go further than, companies such as Halfords, Greggs and Timpson in employing ex-offenders. Since the Government banned the box, what increase in the employment of ex-offenders has there been across Government …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 04 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"I congratulate my hon. and learned Friend on his new appointment.

One of the issues that adds to the emotional stress on prison officers can be a very long commute at the end of a working day, particularly in London and the south-east in very high-cost housing areas. What discussions …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 23 Apr 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"Would there not be less violence in our prisons if there was a relentless focus from the first day in prison on getting prisoners work on release? We could do that by combining training in prison with employer and college support on release...."
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Written Question
Charities
Tuesday 5th March 2019

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) charitable organisations will be paid for resettlement support services they have provided under contract to Working Links (b) those services are able to continue.

Answered by Rory Stewart

As you know, Working Links went into administration on 14 February. Probation services in Dorset, Devon and Cornwall; Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire; and Wales, transferred to Kent, Surrey and Sussex Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC), owned by Seetec, on 15 February. The probation supply chain in these areas will now be the responsibility of Kent, Surrey and Sussex CRC and Seetec.

We recognise the importance of Voluntary and Community Sector organisations and are in continued dialogue, engaging directly with them. Service improvements and stability in probation services are our priorities and we are working closely with all affected organisations, alongside Seetec, to monitor the transition and mobilisation of services against contractual obligations.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Dec 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Minister agree that it is wrong for local authorities to discriminate against ex-offenders by putting them at the bottom of the queue, sometimes saying they have no local connections—through no fault of their own, if they have been in prison—and that ex-offenders should be treated fairly and equally, …..."
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