In Parliament

It is right to identify the sometimes difficult and delicate choices that have to be made by the police and prosecutors when it comes to dea

Last year, the unduly lenient sentence scheme involved the referral by the Attorney General and me of 173 cases to the Court of Appeal.

We are giving urgent consideration to extending the scope of the scheme, and I have said on record that I strongly advocate the scheme’s ext

I reassure the hon.

We can see an increase in public interest—we have reached a figure of nearly 1,000 inquiries from members of the public and agencies this ye

The hon. Lady rightly raises a case of great concern to her constituents, and we as constituency MPs will have had similar experiences.

Indeed, the question the hon. Lady asks is about confidence, and we are playing our part as Law Officers to ensure that it increases.

The Director of Public Prosecutions and I are members of the Prime Minister’s taskforce on modern slavery, which aims to do more to bring pe

I know the hon.

As a border MP, my hon. Friend knows the issue acutely.