In Parliament - Shabana Mahmood

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

We do not have a blasphemy law, and we are not going to have a blasphemy law in this country. As the hon. Gentleman will be aware, I believe that that specific case is going to be subject to an...

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

As I think the hon. Lady will be aware, that is primarily a policy area for our colleagues in the Northern Ireland Office, but I will make sure that we raise those issues with them.

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

I am content that this Government have deported more foreign national offenders than the previous Government. I am content that we have accepted the findings of the Gauke review, and we will be...

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Lady will be aware that those seven biological males are on E wing, which is a transgender-only facility. We will review the recent Supreme Court ruling and make sure that we are...

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

I hope that my hon. Friend heard the earlier answer on the unduly lenient sentence scheme and the review by the Law Commission, but if he writes to me with the specifics of that case, I will make...

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend raises such an important point. I have been struck by so many meetings with victims in which they feel that the exclusion zones, as currently constructed, effectively make them...

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

I do not know what the right hon. Member is referring to, because the Government have already announced that we are considering the way in which our human rights laws are applied in immigration...

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

Chemical suppression is a mechanism used by other jurisdictions around the world, and it has been shown to work. The previous Government sat on a pilot for years on end and did nothing. I have...

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

I agree with the hon. Gentleman. Again, people who pay attention to the detail will know that there are already mutual aid agreements in place between prisons and local police forces to ensure...

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

Again, if the shadow Secretary of State ever paid any attention to detail, he would know that that letter was sent by EU member states and we are no longer a member of the European Union. Let me...

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

Let me give the shadow Secretary of State a much-needed education, because he appears not to know that under the Tory Government violence on staff in our prisons soared and experienced officers...

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Lady will know that that is a matter primarily for the Foreign Secretary. We keep under review all judgments of all courts, domestic and international, and adopt our policy position...

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Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

I know the House shares my anger at recent attacks against prison officers. After the awful events at HMP Frankland, I commissioned a review into the use of protective body armour, and today I...

Immigration Offences: Sentencing

Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

No; what this Government are doing is cleaning up the almighty mess left to us by the previous Government, of which the right hon. Gentleman was a member. He knows full well that I have already...

Immigration Offences: Sentencing

Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

I can assure the hon. Gentleman that I and colleagues in the Justice Department are working closely with our colleagues in the Home Department to make sure that we have a joined-up approach to...

Immigration Offences: Sentencing

Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

Ministers meet regularly with the chair of the Sentencing Council. On the specific guidelines for immigration offences, the hon. Member will know that they set a minimum sentence, but no maximum....

High Street Crime

Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

If the shadow Minister ever did any homework, he would know that it is always the Attorney General who has to agree and sign off on unduly lenient sentencing referrals. Our proposals are there to...

High Street Crime

Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

The shadow Minister should know that the Law Commission is considering the whole area of unduly lenient sentencing. It is important that we let it do its work and that it is able to look at the...

High Street Crime

Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend raises an important point. He is right that so-called ancillary orders, often referred to as travel bans, bans from seeing football and bans on the ability to go to particular...

High Street Crime

Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

The hon. Member should know that 60% of all people who are given a short custodial sentence go on to reoffend within the year, so clearly the system that we have does not work. We cannot simply...