Results 61–80 of 1202 for speaker:Ellie Reeves

Public Bill Committee: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Clause 2 - The victims’ code (29 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: My hon. Friend is making a really powerful speech. Does she agree that many of us have seen cases in our surgeries where mothers who have escaped domestic abuse tell us that they have been re-traumatised by the family courts, that abusive ex-partners often use the process in the family courts as a further form of abuse and control, and that the children are weaponised?

Business of the House (29 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: I recently met a group of residents who live in a new build block that has a heat network. That means that they cannot access the domestic energy market and are not protected by the price cap, which leads to extortionate costs. More than 50% of London’s 200,000 homes supplied by heat networks are social housing, meaning that some of the poorest Londoners have been subject to uncapped bills....

Public Bill Committee: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Clause 2 - The victims’ code (27 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: Does my hon. Friend agree that if the Bill is really going to serve victims, it is important that it sets out what must be done rather than what should be done? We all know that when the word “should” is used, it often simply does not happen, and that is not good enough.

Public Bill Committee: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Clause 1 - Meaning of “victim” (27 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: My hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. I want to mention the family of Gemma Robinson. Gemma was the victim of a horrific assault by a former boyfriend. She took her own life in 2020 due to the fear of facing her attacker in court. Gemma’s sister, Kirsty, has spoken about the devastating impact of Gemma’s death on the whole family. The family were then left to face the sentencing of...

Public Bill Committee: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Clause 1 - Meaning of “victim” (27 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: Throughout the country, children are being used by criminal gangs to do their bidding, and they are often subjected to the most sophisticated coercion, intimidation, duress, abuse and, sometimes, sexual abuse, so does my hon. Friend agree that it is indefensible not to have them listed as victims in the Bill?

Public Bill Committee: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Clause 1 - Meaning of “victim” (27 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: As constituency MPs, we all receive reports of antisocial behaviour. A constituent came to me because her neighbour regularly throws human waste out of the window. Can it really be right that she would not be considered a victim under the Bill?

Justice: Prison Overcrowding (27 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: Over the past 10 years, more than 3,000 prison places have closed and community sentences have halved, and the three new prisons planned will not open before 2027 at the earliest. No wonder we have a prison capacity crisis, with the Government having to commandeer police cells and judges being told to jail fewer people. How can the public have faith that they will be protected and that crime...

Justice: Sentencing Hearings: Offenders’ Attendance (27 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: I have listened to what the Secretary of State has said, but the Government have had 13 years to compel criminals to attend courts to hear their sentences. The Government’s failure to do that has meant that in the last year alone the killers of Olivia Pratt-Korbel, Zara Aleena and Sabina Nessa have all avoided hearing their sentences, and avoided hearing the impact that their callous crimes...

Public Bill Committee: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Examination of Witness (20 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: Part 3 of the Bill had no pre-legislative scrutiny; do you think it would have benefited from that? How much engagement has the Parole Board had with the Government on that part of the BillQ ?

Public Bill Committee: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Examination of Witness (20 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: Q The proposed new release test introduces a public protection threshold. How does the Parole Board currently approach risk? Is the new test likely to result in a change in how the Parole Board makes decisions?

Public Bill Committee: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Examination of Witness (20 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: Q In the Bill, there is a checklist of things that it is proposed the Parole Board should take into account when making those decisions. I heard what you said about it not making a difference to how the Parole Board operates now, but something that is missing from the checklist but that I understand the Parole Board currently takes into account is unproven allegations against the prisoner....

Public Bill Committee: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Examination of Witness (20 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: Q The Bill gives the Secretary of State powers to veto the Parole Board’s decisions in certain cases. Do you think the reforms could impact on the Parole Board’s decision making and/or independence?

Public Bill Committee: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Examination of Witness (20 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: Q Thanks for that. On a related point, parole hearings feature a great deal of information about the offender. There can be lots of reports and an in-depth hearing before a decision is made. In your view, will the Secretary of State be able to consider all the evidence before making a decision?

Public Bill Committee: Victims and Prisoners Bill: Examination of Witness (20 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: Q Thanks for that. The upper tribunal will have the power to confirm a decision or direct the release of a prisoner, but as they do not have experience of assessing risk in the way the Parole Board does, how will they be able to make those sorts of assessments?

Hospice Services: Support — [Caroline Nokes in the Chair] (14 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: St Christopher’s Hospice in my constituency is widely regarded as the first modern hospice, and it is still pioneering today, but it has to fundraise £15 million a year. The cost of living crisis means that its costs are going up and its donations are at risk of going down. Does the hon. Member agree that the Government must review the current funding model?

Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Prison Officers: Recruitment (14 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the cost to the public purse of recruitment processes for Prison Officers in each of the last 10 years.

Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Sexual Offences: Trials (13 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials for (a) rape and (b) sexual assault have been delayed in each year since 2010.

Written Answers — Home Office: Domestic Abuse ( 8 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Domestic Violence Protection (a) Orders and (b) Notices were issued by each Magistrates Court in England and Wales in the last 21 months for which data is available.

Health and Social Care: Topical Questions ( 6 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: One of my constituents with complex health needs has struggled to get GP appointments for years now. On one occasion when they could not get an appointment, they had to resort to taking out-of-date medicine. Last week, they phoned every morning at 8 am, before finally getting just a telephone appointment. When will the Government finally fix the crisis in primary care and make sure that...

Written Answers — Home Office: Domestic Abuse ( 5 Jun 2023)

Ellie Reeves: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Office, how many Domestic Violence Protection (a) Orders and (b) Notices were issued in each year since 2014.


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