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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Oct 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Minister agree that one key to aiding the rehabilitation of offenders is to ensure that probation officers have manageable case loads, so that they can give sufficient time and energy to each case?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 Apr 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Minister agree that one of the keys to reducing reoffending rates is ensuring that skilled probation officers have manageable case loads so that they can give enough time and energy to each individual in their care?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What progress his Department has made on recruiting 2,500 new prison officers. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"I of course welcome the fact that the Government are making progress in recruiting extra prison officers, but will the Minister reassure the House that he is making every effort to retain the services of experienced and long-serving officers who are absolutely essential for mentoring new recruits into the service?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. Family law has been in need of reform for far too long. We now have a situation where the judiciary is supporting early intervention and wishing to carry out a pilot scheme. Will the Minister meet me to discuss how to make this excellent solution a reality?..."
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Written Question
Prisoners' Transfers: Gender Recognition
Tuesday 28th November 2017

Asked by: Andrew Bridgen (Independent - North West Leicestershire)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were transferred from a male to a female prison after reassigning their gender in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017, and how many of those prisoners in each of those years had been convicted of sex-related offences.

Answered by Phillip Lee

The information requested is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Nov 2017
Family Justice Reform

"I thank my hon. Friend for facilitating this important debate. Is she aware of research I have done on the comparative death rates of resident and non-resident parents, which indicates that it is almost twice as likely for a non-resident parent to pass away while their children are small? I …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Nov 2017
Family Justice Reform

"My hon. Friend makes a good point about mediation, but how can it work without guidelines for parents, depending on the age of the children, on what contact might be reasonable and what they might expect? One of the main reasons why conflict over contact with children is so intense …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Nov 2017
Family Justice Reform

"I hear what my hon. Friend is saying and I absolutely agree about the parties keeping control over the contact levels they have with their children. Normally in a court that is farmed out to the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, which came out of the family …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 15 Nov 2017
Family Justice Reform

"Will the Minister concede that under existing law the resident parent often has a financial incentive to withhold contact from the non-resident parent, because the fewer the nights spent with a non-resident parent, the greater the amount of child maintenance paid over? How do we square that?..."
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