Speeches by Juss.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I find myself declaring an interest, because I am an immigrant myself. I was born in east Africa. My parents moved to this country with my two elder brothers: we came to Wolverhampton, and I am very proud to call myself a Wulfrunian and to have the privilege of…”

“Does my hon. and learned Friend agree, as a fellow lawyer, that it is rather unusual to bring retrospective legislation into effect? There have been previous cases where legislation has been made retrospective, but that has been to punish crime. We are talking about ordinary, decent people who have come to this country…”

“For those who have committed an offence under the age of 18, is that record removed after five and a half years?”

“Good afternoon. I am Warinder Juss, MP in Wolverhampton West. I am a solicitor, but not practising at the moment, and I am a member of the GMB trade union executive council as well as a member of various APPGs.”

“Finally from me, when the Sentencing Bill becomes operational, it is going to result in more offenders being supervised in the community. Do you think that the Probation Service and the other providers will be able to cope with the increased demand?”

“Quickly, considering that employment will reduce reoffending and having heard what you have said, and also the prejudice that exists about employing ex-offenders, should we do more to encourage employers to employ ex-offenders? I remember when I heard about Lord Timpson employing ex-offenders and there was a lot of pos…”

“If it was a reprimand, final warning or a caution?”

“I have one final quick question. Do employers have complete freedom to request whatever check that they want?”

“For those who have committed an offence under the age of 18, is that record removed after five and a half years?”

“If it was a reprimand, final warning or a caution?”

“Quickly, considering that employment will reduce reoffending and having heard what you have said, and also the prejudice that exists about employing ex-offenders, should we do more to encourage employers to employ ex-offenders? I remember when I heard about Lord Timpson employing ex-offenders and there was a lot of pos…”

“I have one final quick question. Do employers have complete freedom to request whatever check that they want?”

“My next question is probably more related to Alex Clarke. Do you feel that women have particular requirements and therefore they need specific support to get employment in the community? What do you consider to be barriers for women? They may have family responsibilities or suffer from previous trauma. In relation to t…”

“I have a couple of very quick questions. What is your view on the effectiveness of the Probation Service to provide employment support in the community? How well do you think that the third sector organisations work with the Probation Service? What is your view on the financial resources available for all of that to ha…”

“What impact do licence conditions have on those supervised in the community and their employment?”

“Finally from me, when the Sentencing Bill becomes operational, it is going to result in more offenders being supervised in the community. Do you think that the Probation Service and the other providers will be able to cope with the increased demand?”

“Moving on to offenders who are supervised in the community, in your experience, how well does the Probation Service work with other stakeholders in the third sector? How well does the Probation Service work with the DWP, local businesses and prisons and what is the level of engagement between all the stakeholders? Are …”

“The regional employment council should make that difference.”

“Can I ask you about purposeful activity? I was at an APPG yesterday on occupational health and safety and there was somebody from the POA who was talking about violence against prison officers. One thing that was mentioned was that if there was more purposeful activity that would help to relieve the number of attacks o…”

“Can I ask you about purposeful activity? I was at an APPG yesterday on occupational health and safety and there was somebody from the POA who was talking about violence against prison officers. One thing that was mentioned was that if there was more purposeful activity that would help to relieve the number of attacks o…”