Mawrth, 7 Mawrth 2017
Third Reading opposed and deferred until Tuesday 18 April ( Standing Order No.20).
What recent assessment she has made of the potential (a) financial and (b) social benefits of reducing reoffending rates.
What progress her Department has made on reforming the youth justice system.
What assessment the Government have made of the effect of recent changes in the discount rate for compensation for accident victims on the level of insurance premiums.
What progress has been made on ensuring that only legitimate whiplash claims are successful.
What proportion of appeals against personal independence payment awards in Inverclyde were successful in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016.
What steps she is taking to ensure that prisoners receive appropriate treatment for mental health problems.
What progress has been made on making access to affordable or pro bono legal advice more widely available.
What recent assessment she has made of the extent to which local media report on court proceedings.
What steps she is taking to increase recruitment and retention of prison officers.
What progress the Government have made on modernising the court system.
Which organisations she consulted on the prison service pay award announced by her Department on 19 February 2017.
How many people are serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection which have lasted for more than twice the length of their original sentence.
What steps the Government are taking to ensure that prisoners work and earn while they serve their sentences.
What steps she is taking to review the capability of (a) HM Prison Service and (b) contracted-out prisons to respond to incidents of concerted indiscipline.
What steps the Government are taking to make prisons safer and more secure.
What proportion of legal aid is allocated to cases of foreign nationals convicted in the UK who are appealing against deportation.
What her plans are for unused land on the prison estate on the Isle of Wight.
What her policy is on the protection of human rights after the UK leaves the EU.
If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
(Urgent Question): To ask the Minister if she will make a statement on the impact on homelessness of the Government’s plans to remove automatic entitlement to housing benefit for 18 to...
Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
On a point of order, Mr Speaker.
Ordered, That the Order of 5 December 2016 (Children and Social Work Bill [Lords] (Programme)) be varied as follows: (1) Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the order shall be omitted. (2) Proceedings on...
Consideration of Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee New Clause 15
“(1) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision requiring— (a) relationships education to be provided to pupils of compulsory school age receiving primary education at...
‘(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision requiring personal, social, health and economic education (beyond that required by virtue of section [Education relating to...
After section 16E of the Children Act 2004 (inserted by section 16 of this Act) insert— “Local arrangements for reporting on capacity to provide children’s safeguarding and...
Amendment proposed: 12, page 10, line 30, at end insert— “(3A) At least one member of the panel appointed by the Secretary of State under subsection (3)...
Amendment made: 4, page 20, line 23, leave out clause 32.—(Edward Timpson.) Clause 33
Amendment made: 5, page 21, line 33, leave out clause 33.—(Edward Timpson.) Clause 34
Amendment made: 6, page 22, line 3, leave out clause 34.—(Edward Timpson.) Clause 35
Amendment made: 7, page 22, line 27, leave out clause 35.—(Edward Timpson.) Clause 36
Amendment made: 8, page 22, line 36, leave out clause 36.—(Edward Timpson.) Clause 37
Amendment made: 9, page 23, line 16, leave out clause 37.—(Edward Timpson.) Clause 38
Amendment made: 10, page 23, line 31, leave out clause 38.—(Edward Timpson.) Clause 39
Amendment made: 11, page 23, line 36, leave out clause 39.—(Edward Timpson.) New Clause 17
“(1) The Secretary of State may take such steps as the Secretary of State considers appropriate— (a) to ensure that adequate provision is made for social work training, and (2) The...
“(1) The Secretary of State may direct a Special Health Authority to exercise functions under section (Ensuring adequate provision of social workers)(1)(b) so far as relating to the...
“Schedule (Amendments to do with Part 2) contains further minor and consequential amendments relating to this Part.”—(Edward Timpson.) This introduces NS1. Brought up, read the...
Amendments made: 14, page 36, line 20, leave out “after subsection (2ZE) insert” and insert “for subsection (2ZE) substitute”. This adds a...
Amendment made: 17, page 37, line 11, after “England” insert “(but see subsection (2)); ‘(2) A person who is a member of a profession to which section...
London County Council (General Powers) Act 1920 1 In section 18(e) of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1920, after “under the Health and Social Work Professions Order...
45 For the title to the Health and Social Work Professions Order 2001 (SI 2002/254) substitute “Health Professions Order 2001”. 46 In article 1(1) of that Order (citation), for...
Amendments made: 18, page 47, line 26, leave out from beginning to “in” in line 27 and insert— “( ) Section 25 (the Professional Standards Authority for...
I beg to move, That this House endorses the nomination of Sir David Norgrove for appointment as Chair of the United Kingdom Statistics Authority. May I first offer my thanks to Sir Andrew Dilnot,...
I beg to move, That: (1) In Standing Order No. 83S(3)(c), after the paragraph (4A) treated as inserted in Standing Order No. 83J, insert- “(4B) In addition, a clause or schedule- (a)...
It is particularly appropriate that, on the eve of International Women’s Day, I present this petition from the Women Against State Pension Inequality Campaign in Newcastle upon Tyne...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Mark Spencer.)
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