Wednesday 21 January, member speaking in the Lords chamber

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes:

🟥 age of criminal responsibility
🟥 violence against women and girls
🟥 #SentencingBill
🟥 #ChildrensWellbeingBill
🟥 #HolocaustMemorialBill

➡️ See full schedule and watch online
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Photo showing an adult and child walking across a zebra crossing. At the top left, there is a purple label reading “Major update” and a white label with black text reading “#ScrapClause35.” Below, white text says: “We called on the Government to protect families and children by scrapping plans to name and shame people on Community Payback schemes. They listened.” At the bottom, a bold black box contains white text: “Government scraps plans to name and shame people on community sentences.” The Pact logo appears in the top right corner.

📣 Major update: Government scraps plans to name and shame people on community payback schemes

We are delighted that the Government has listened to our campaign and removed Clause 35 from the #SentencingBill in a decision that protects children and families.

Wednesday 3 December, House of Lords chamber

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes:

🟥 careers in the arts
🟥 new build applications
🟥 supply of blood
🟥 SEND funding
🟥 #SentencingBill

➡️ See full schedule and watch online
www.parliament.uk/business/new...

Wednesday 26 November, member speaking in the Lords chamber

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes:

🟥 emergency accommodation for domestic abuse victims
🟥 visas for highly skilled people
🟥 #SentencingBill
🟥 #TobaccoandVapesBill

➡️ See full schedule and watch online
www.parliament.uk/business/new...

Prison sentencing reforms ‘pander to public opinion’, Bishop of Gloucester warns peers Sentencing Bill fails to clarify ‘what good would look’ like for victims, offenders, families, and society, she tell Lords

Proposed changes to prison sentences are driven by politics and “pandering to public opinion”, and fail to look at the bigger, longer-term picture, the Bishop of Gloucester, the Rt Revd Rachel Treweek, has said

#sentencingbill #houseoflords #bishopofgloucester #churchnews #churchtimes

Wednesday 12 November, member speaking in the Lords chamber

🕒 #HouseOfLords from 3pm includes:

🟥 telemedical abortion access
🟥 Welsh needs-based funding
🟥 cryptocurrencies
🟥 US Caribbean military action
🟥 #SentencingBill

➡️ See full schedule and watch online
www.parliament.uk/business/new...

The #SentencingBill had its second reading in the House of Commons last week. If you're still unsure what the proposed changes could mean for you, take a look at our guidance for families (link below).

#PrisonersFamilies #CriminalJustice #JusticeReform #Sentencing

PRT briefing on the Sentencing Bill | Prison Reform Trust Read our briefing on the Sentencing Bill, outlining key reforms, concerns, and the action needed to reduce prison overcrowding

See here Prison Reform Trust's #briefing ahead of tomorrow's second #debate on the #SentencingBill.

The CJA's response to the Sentencing Bill | Criminal Justice Alliance

We welcome the ambition of the new #SentencingBill, but reform needs proper investment in prisons, probation and community services.

Read our full response here: www.criminaljusticealliance.org/blog/cja-res...

With the #SentencingBill introduced to Parliament yesterday, we break down some of the Bill’s key proposals and answer some of the most commonly asked questions from defendants, people in prison, and their families...

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