Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2014
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
"I am sorry, but I will not give way any more.
Our new clauses make clear to criminals, the public and victims our minimum expectation with regard to someone who goes out knowingly carrying a knife as a second offence. I believe that everyone should get a chance, but the …..."Nick de Bois - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2014
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
"I want to return to the point that I am really struggling with. I appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s opening remarks and the spirit they were made in, but the question is not the type of offence—on which I believe the Liberal Democrats should be challenged—but the principle of the mandatory …..."Nick de Bois - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2014
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2014
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
"Does the hon. Gentleman not see a contradiction in what he is saying? He says that no one will pay attention to the law because it will not be a deterrent, but he also says that they will plan to give knives to younger people...."Nick de Bois - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 Jun 2014
Criminal Justice and Courts Bill
"May I ask the hon. Gentleman to factor in one other matter, as I think that his attention to the detail of the expenditure misses one valuable point? I would pay that money if my new clauses saved lives, as I believe they will...."Nick de Bois - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Jun 2014
Prison Overcrowding
"Will the Secretary of State confirm that the Government’s focus on mentoring, rehabilitating and reducing the reoffending of short-term prisoners is one of the key drivers in reducing the prison population, and that it is a far better alternative than letting thousands of serious offenders out on the streets, as …..."Nick de Bois - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 12th May 2014
Asked by:
Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will invite the Sentencing Council to consult and report on the adequacy of current sentences available for killing with one punch.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
Manslaughter has a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Whilst sentence lengths for manslaughter have increased by almost 50% since 2008 there remains clear public concern about the sentences imposed in so called “one punch” manslaughter cases.
Clarification of the sentencing of these difficult cases would assist the courts and be helpful to the public. The Secretary of State therefore wrote to Lord Justice Treacy, the Chair of the Sentencing Council on 8 May 2014, to make a formal request that the Council gives consideration to producing guidance on the sentencing of these cases.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 06 May 2014
Oral Answers to Questions
"The Secretary of State has long been aware of the campaign run by my hon. Friend the Member for Enfield, Southgate (Mr Burrowes) and me on mandatory sentencing for knife crime possession. He has had the privilege of meeting Yvonne Lawson, whose son Godwin Lawson was tragically killed in 2010, …..."Nick de Bois - View Speech
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Written Question
Question Link
Thursday 1st May 2014
Asked by:
Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the expected cost to the economy of (a) detected and (b) undetected personal injury insurance fraud in 2014-15.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
No figures are available for the number of victims of, or average loss incurred from, personal injury fraud. Figures for 2011 published by the Association of British Insurers describe 7% of all motor claims in 2011 - worth £441m - as fraudulent. In addition, they estimate that a further £1 billion of motor insurance fraud went undetected in 2011.
The Government is committed to turning the tide on fraudulent personal injury claims. To this end we are working closely with stakeholders across the industry to secure better data on motor accident cases, including the number of fraudulent cases.
No estimate is available of the economic effects that might accrue from clarifying the courts' powers to strike out claims that are exaggerated or fabricated. However, we are considering what reform might be appropriate to the law in this area.
Written Question
Question Link
Thursday 1st May 2014
Asked by:
Nick de Bois (Conservative - Enfield North)
Question
to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the economy of (a) detected and (b) undetected personal injury insurance fraud in the last year for which figures are available.
Answered by Shailesh Vara
No figures are available for the number of victims of, or average loss incurred from, personal injury fraud. Figures for 2011 published by the Association of British Insurers describe 7% of all motor claims in 2011 - worth £441m - as fraudulent. In addition, they estimate that a further £1 billion of motor insurance fraud went undetected in 2011.
The Government is committed to turning the tide on fraudulent personal injury claims. To this end we are working closely with stakeholders across the industry to secure better data on motor accident cases, including the number of fraudulent cases.
No estimate is available of the economic effects that might accrue from clarifying the courts' powers to strike out claims that are exaggerated or fabricated. However, we are considering what reform might be appropriate to the law in this area.