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Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Topical Questions (16 April 2013)

Jenny Chapman: I have listened very carefully to what the Secretary of State has said on A and E, but he has not addressed the fact that under the previous Government waiting times reduced and under his Government they are growing and are now the longest waiting times for more than a decade, so what is he going to do?

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Heart Surgery (Leeds) (15 April 2013)

Jenny Chapman: It is right that such decisions should be made on the basis of data, but those data must be more reliable. Such decisions are made in this way up and down the country on maternity and accident and emergency units, for example. How will the Secretary of State ensure that such data are reliable and robust, that they can be challenged, and that such situations can be dealt with far more quickly...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: RAF Facilities (Alternative Uses) (15 April 2013)

Jenny Chapman: How much are the Government planning to save through the rationalisation of the defence estate by the end of this Parliament?

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Probation Service (19 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: I hope that Ministers are listening to the concern that is coming from Members on both sides of the Chamber about the proposals. Last year, 17,000 offenders were recalled to prison by their probation officer, so that is 17,000 crimes that were prevented and victims spared because of decisions made by probation officers. Am I right in saying that in the future private providers of probation...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: New Clause 15 — Restraint orders and legal aid (18 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: We support new clauses 15 and 16 and we welcome their inclusion in the Bill, although the Government have dragged their heels on this matter, which should more appropriately have been dealt with in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. I am pleased to have the opportunity, alongside colleagues, to speak in favour of new clauses 12 and 14 on support for vulnerable...

Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2): Clause 18 — Judicial appointments (13 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: In the interests of moving the debate along, I have made it clear that we do not disagree with the Government on any of those things. Our point relates to when things go wrong. If the Solicitor-General could respond to that, perhaps we could make some progress.

Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2): Clause 18 — Judicial appointments (13 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: The Solicitor-General will forgive me for saying that he is repeating himself. My point is that we want a simpler ombudsman service, under which there would be one ombudsman for complaints about bailiffs. That would be far simpler and I do not know why the Solicitor-General feels the need to repeat his earlier comments, which have already been dealt with.

Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2): Clause 18 — Judicial appointments (13 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: You are wrong.

Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2): Clause 18 — Judicial appointments (13 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: I was about to finish, but I will give way.

Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2): Clause 18 — Judicial appointments (13 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: It was not me who made that suggestion; it came from the legal services ombudsman. So clearly there is a way around this matter and the Minister may wish to explore that a bit further. His intervention shows that the Government are not going to do this, but we would like them to commit to a robust complaints procedure to sort out the problems that our constituents face. They deserve access to...

Crime and Courts Bill [Lords] (Programme No. 2): Clause 18 — Judicial appointments (13 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: I shall address my remarks to the Government amendments, but also to new clause 7, which deals with bailiffs, and amendment 100 on judicial diversity. Let me start with a positive. We are pleased that the Government have seen fit to include new clause 5. These provisions were debated favourably in the other place and were introduced by the Opposition in Committee. The creation of the Supreme...

Opposition Day — [19th Allotted Day] — Tax Fairness: Apprenticeships (12 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: My right hon. Friend is making a superb speech and indicating that early decisions made by young people and supported by their parents and teachers are not going in the right direction for our economy. Is one main problem the lack of decent advice that young people receive?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Syria (6 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: How concerned is the Foreign Secretary at the comments made by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees this morning that the number of refugees who would be leaving Syria had been severely underestimated and that there were barely 25% of the resources needed to deal with the 1 million people now leaving the country? What is the Foreign Secretary doing, together with colleagues in...

Ministry of Justice — Budget and Structure of the Ministry of Justice (5 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: Will the Minister clarify a point for us, because hon. Members who are listening to this debate will not be clear about it? What percentage of the value of the contract will be paid upon the achievement of the targets?

Ministry of Justice — Budget and Structure of the Ministry of Justice (5 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: I think the phrase the Minister is looking for is “bid candy”. I think he is trying to say that he would like there to be more involvement from not-for-profit, third sector and voluntary organisations, but is it not the truth that he has no idea at all of the number of organisations working with offenders in the criminal justice system? He does not know how many there are or what...

Ministry of Justice — Budget and Structure of the Ministry of Justice (5 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: rose—

Ministry of Justice — Budget and Structure of the Ministry of Justice (5 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: My doubt was based on assertions from the Secretary of State that there is going to be some “supermax” prison, yet there is a lack of information about how much that would cost, when it would be built and where it would be. I would be interested to hear the Minister’s response to those questions. If they cannot be answered, I will keep my doubts.

Ministry of Justice — Budget and Structure of the Ministry of Justice (5 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: I cannot let that point go without observing that the new victims commissioner will be working 10 hours a month. Is that sufficient to give victims the voice they need?

Ministry of Justice — Budget and Structure of the Ministry of Justice (5 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, because it is important that we understand what is really happening. There is an idea that our prisons are somehow becoming little hives of industry in which prisoners are beavering away, but they are not. In about half the categories of prison in this country prisoners are actually spending more time banged up in their cells and less time...

Ministry of Justice — Budget and Structure of the Ministry of Justice (5 March 2013)

Jenny Chapman: As I have acknowledged, the Department has a very difficult financial task ahead because of the decisions of the previous Secretary of State. The Minister admits that some of the commitments he has made are uncosted and that he has no idea whether their outcomes will be good value for money. I am trying to help him by pointing that out and steering him in what might be a more sound financial...