Speeches by Cox.

“It was just on that point that Sir Ashley made. As I understand it, the OASys system has been used in probation for many years, which is a quantitative means of assessing and calculating risk. The use of tools to calculate risk is nothing new. I believe it was introduced by the previous Government many years ago.”

“You have acknowledged that this is a time of great change in the judicial system. If the Government succeed in introducing the new Crown Court Bench Division, there is likely to be increased public interest in the selection of judges, and some of that interest may become very focused on the JAC. Have you experienced th…”

“What kind of tactics have you found most effective?”

“Good morning. I am Pam Cox. I am the chair of the penal affairs all-party group and my other interests are as declared in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests.”

“We look forward to the strategy. Thank you.”

“There is no room for negotiation on that.”

“Turning to family legal aid, you will know it is so important in tackling violence against women and girls that family members have solid access to justice. Will the forthcoming family justice strategy be accompanied by uplifts to family legal aid rates? This is of particular interest to this Committee, because we are …”

“Turning to Ms Harbottle on a similar matter, last December you implemented legal help fee increases for immigration, asylum and housing. You cited at the time issues with IT systems as the reason why this was not more generally extended to civil representation. Are those issues now resolved, and when will that uplift b…”

“When you are able to implement the uplift, will you commit to ensuring that it is backdated to December 2025 to ensure continued viability for providers?”

“Good afternoon. I am Pam Cox, the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on penal affairs, and my other interests are as declared.”

“Absolutely.”

“Minister, turning to civil and family legal aid, in December the Lord Chancellor told us at Justice questions that the MOJ would “look across the piece” at civil legal aid. How is the MOJ planning to take action on civil legal aid schemes?”

“In my constituency, nearly 1,000 homes have been brought back into public ownership with the creation of the defence housing service. Does my hon. Friend agree that new clause 13, which addresses the question of single living accommodation, threatens to undermine the new defence housing service before it has got off th…”

“How many alcohol monitoring tags do you roughly have at the moment?”

“Is there some evidence on their impact?”

“Okay. It would be good to have an update on when those conversations progress.”

“This is all part of the push towards more community-focused justice and effective measures in the community to address the prison crisis. You are likely to be taking on additional numbers of tagging cases. How can you do that securely and safely without impacting the services that you already run?”

“Good afternoon. I am Pam Cox. My interests are as declared on the register. I will just add that I am the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on penal affairs.”

“I know you have got a number of pilots going on at the moment. You talked about the tag at source pilot. I understand there is also the domestic abuse perpetrators on licence pilot, and the acquisitive crime pilot, in which people convicted of theft, burglary or robbery are given additional spatial restrictions. Could …”

“To go back to the safeguarding question, you said your operatives often raise safeguarding concerns. To whom do they raise them and do you keep a record?”