All of Mrs Naomi Long’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not flagged, uncertain or not yet analysed.
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On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for a Member to suggest that I, as Justice Minister, or, indeed, any Member of this House is "defying" a ruling of the Supreme Court when I have previously stood at the table and accepted the Supreme Court ruling and never once said that I would act contrary to…
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There is really no need; it is available to everybody.
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Actually, you did. You said precisely that. You stated, "have a propensity to commit crime" and "commit sexual and violent offences". That is what you said. What I am saying is that there will be people who are in for non-violent offences, such as fraud, default on fines and a range of other non-violent offences.…
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The Member stretched the definition of crime when he said that everyone in our prisons is a violent or sexual offender.
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Therefore, it is also possible—. With respect, I heard the Member interject with "rape". Rape is sexual assault by penetration, and, therefore, it is possible for somebody to commit that offence. Bear in mind that some people are post-operative and can commit those offences. Again, I caution Members against…
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I thank the Member for giving way. The issue is about understanding how people transition. Many trans men will have taken testosterone and will have significant strength because the hormone changes determine their strength. Indeed, when they start hormone therapy, trans women will often remark on their shock at the…
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I thank the Member for giving way. Some Members were not in the Chamber when we had the discussion with the Chair last night, but the ruling is specifically on the policy that pertained in Scottish prisons, which was a bright-line policy, where anyone who was a trans woman was automatically housed in the female estate…
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Second Stage: Victims and Witnesses of Crime Bill (NIA Bill 39/22-27)
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I thank the Member for giving way. I am sure that he has read the detail of the ruling that was made with regard to the Scottish Prison Service. He will recall that part of the issue with the Scottish Prison Service's approach was that those in receipt of a gender recognition certificate were considered as women for…
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I have already said that we support the amendment. The Member will be aware that the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 sought to remove remission in respect of offences that are subject to Probation Board supervision and recall to custody. That was done for very good reason. The key, however, is that…
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I think that there would be some challenge for the Department in being able to do this more widely. First, there are potential unintended consequences of making changes. As you know, we consulted the Department for Communities and others who have statutory responsibilities, and, given the number of people involved,…
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I thank the Member for giving way. The Member will be aware of the work that the Lady Chief Justice has done to look at review of remand at earlier points in the week to, essentially, do the same thing for remand prisoners who may be released on bail, to avoid the same cycle that the Member is trying to deal with in…
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Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. Before I speak about what we are debating, it is important that I set out what we are not debating. We are not debating the value of legal aid. We are not debating access to legal aid being essential. We are not debating that we need a sustainable system. None of that is up for debate. We…
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The two things that we will get from what I have proposed are transparency and accountability, neither of which we have under the current system. Within the legal system, solicitors are content with the proposal. The reason that barristers are not content is that it is they who have a blank cheque. They can write…
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I think that the Member is in danger of putting the cart before the horse. The first thing that we want to do is to clarify in primary legislation the power that we already have to create remuneration orders. If the Member wants examples, there are examples already that apply to solicitors. That is how the taxing…
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In the discussions with the Bar, you asked for evidence about how brief fees were constructed and how they were calculated by the Bar. Would you like to set out for us the answer that it gave you on the evidence base that it uses to produce a brief fee?
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Although this is not about legal aid payments, I do not know how anybody could say that people are not being remunerated properly, given that there has been an uplift of over 16% in the past year, with a further uplift of over 8% that I announced about a week and a half ago. Many in the public sector would look at…
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