Oral Answers to Questions — Justice

– in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 13 November 2012.

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The Secretary of State was asked—

  • Restorative Justice (6 speeches)

    What plans he has to increase the uptake of restorative justice.

  • Victim Compensation (10 speeches)

    If he will bring forward proposals to ensure that victims of crime receive compensation from those who committed the crime.

  • Community Sentences (19 speeches)

    What plans he has to increase public confidence in community sentences.

  • Reoffending (8 speeches)

    What progress he has made in developing an evidence-based policy to reduce reoffending.

  • Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (13 speeches)

    What progress he has made on reform of the criminal injuries compensation scheme.

  • Prisoner Privileges (4 speeches)

    What plans he has to review prisoners’ entitlement to privileges.

  • Reoffending (4 speeches)

    What plans he has to introduce a payment by results scheme to reduce reoffending.

  • EU Justice and Home Affairs Directives (7 speeches)

    What consideration the Government has given to the UK opting out en masse from EU Justice and Home Affairs directives.

  • Employment and Support Allowance Appeals (4 speeches)

    What progress he has made in encouraging tribunal judges to supply feedback to Department for Work and Pensions decision-makers on the reasons for successful employment and support allowance appeals.

  • Foreign National Prisoners (6 speeches)

    How many foreign national prisoners were repatriated to their home country to serve their custodial sentence in 2011.

  • Reoffending (6 speeches)

    What plans he has to use training and education to reduce reoffending.

  • Short Sentences (4 speeches)

    What steps he plans to take to reduce the number of offenders serving repeated short sentences.

  • Whiplash (Compensation) (4 speeches)

    Whether he has made a comparative assessment of the number of claims for compensation for whiplash injuries in courts in (a) the UK, (b) France and (c) Germany.

  • Youth Offending (6 speeches)

    What plans he has to reduce the number of young people within the criminal justice system.

  • Corporate Offences (5 speeches)

    What progress he has made in tackling corporate offences of fraud, bribery and money laundering.

  • Topical Questions (58 speeches)

    If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

  • NHS Commissioning Board (Mandate) (62 speeches)

    With permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement regarding the publication of the Government’s first mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board. The NHS is the country’s most...

  • Gas Market Fraud (53 speeches)

    My Department and the Treasury were informed on Friday afternoon that the Financial Services Authority had received allegations of manipulation of the UK gas market. As I said last night, I am...

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