Speeches by Juss.

“Mike, you mentioned that we have a situation where if somebody is addicted to drugs and goes into prison, they come out in the same situation or even worse, but the actual situation is even worse than that, is it not? Because there is a high percentage of prisoners who are not on drugs when they go in but they become a…”

“You have said that you are not the probation service, but we have heard evidence in the past, for example from His Majesty’s chief inspector of prisons, that those prisoners who have access to healthcare in prison but do not have that same access to healthcare out of prison are more likely to reoffend. There is also a …”

“Is working with the probation service a way forward?”

“Can I just ask a quick question about substance misuse services? I visited Featherstone prison near Wolverhampton, and I was quite pleased to see that there a group of prisoners who at one point had been addicted to drugs but had been able to make a recovery, and they were helping other prisoners to make that recovery.…”

“I am the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West. I am a solicitor but not practising at the moment. I am a member of the Central Executive Council of the GMB trade union and a member of various APPGs.”

“I thank the Minister for his statement and hard work, and I believe he is genuinely concerned about what is happening in Gaza. We all want a two-state solution, a safe and secure Israel, and a sovereign state of Palestine, and we have already said that the illegal settlements of Israel are something that we condemn. We…”

“Does the Minister agree that, given that ours is now the fastest growing economy in the G7 and interest rates have been cut four times, now is the time to ensure that our public services will be protected and that pensioners who do not need the winter fuel payment to heat their homes will not receive it, while those wh…”

“I was in the House during business questions on 9 January when my hon. Friend the Member for Slough (Mr Dhesi), Chair of the Defence Committee, referred to the storming of the Golden Temple in Amritsar in June 1984, ordered by the then Indian Government. Documents revealed in 2014 showed that the Thatcher Government ha…”

“I agree with the hon. Member. It is quite surprising that, despite the scale of the crisis, fewer than 40% of women and girls who have suffered violence actually seek help, and even when they do, the outcomes are consistently inadequate.”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right, and as I go through my speech, her question will be answered in more detail. In the west midlands, the police recorded 7,744 reports of rape or sexual assault, yet only 217 actually resulted in either a charge or a conviction. That is a charge or conviction rate of just 2.8%, which i…”

“My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I was about to say that I was so shocked to hear the statistic I just cited that I had to ask my parliamentary assistant to check the figure again, because I could not accept that it was so high.”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention and note his point. We need to ensure that the justice system is there for everyone, regardless of circumstances. As I was saying, the Government have started a drive to recruit approximately 1,000 judges and tribunal members across all jurisdictions annually. There are 16 Ni…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for prosecutions relating to violence against women and girls in the West Midlands. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. I begin by declaring an interest as a member of the Justice Committee, and my wife is a senior Crown prosecutor…”

“I agree, and I will go on to mention some of the steps that the Government are taking. There has been a recent surge in the volume and complexity of cases coming before the Crown court, which has further contributed to the backlog. We see more of those cases coming through at the highest level since 2014. The guilty pl…”

“I thank the hon. Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) for securing this important debate. As Members across the House have rightly highlighted, dementia remains one of the most urgent health and social care challenges facing our country. One in two of us will be affected by it in our lifetime, whether through our o…”

“One in four hospital beds are occupied by someone living with dementia, and there is a 50% higher hospital readmissions rate for those who have dementia than the general population, with one in three people living with the condition never receiving a diagnosis. Does the hon. Member agree that the key is to get that ear…”

“Will the Lord Chancellor outline the steps being taken to recruit and retain probation officers, and to ensure that they have manageable caseloads and that their morale is improved? What programmes or partnerships are in place to help those on probation to access stable accommodation, and employment, training or educat…”

“3. What steps her Department is taking to help to reduce reoffending by people on probation.”

“The hon. Lady is absolutely right: we need to take urgent action, and earlier. There are now cases of people having got dementia even as early as the age of 50 without knowing that they have the condition because there is no diagnosis, so I agree with the hon. Lady.”

“The exports have included items such as bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, missiles and similar munitions of war. Does my hon. Friend agree that it is completely conceivable that those weapons have been used to kill and maim children in Gaza, and therefore the only humane and reasonable option is for us to suspend all …”