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Yvette Cooper responds to Government support for domestic abuse victims to have more time to report assaults

Monday 20 December 2021 Coronavirus / Justice / Steve Reed

Steve Reed calls on Dominic Raab to stop defending rule-breaking and get on with his job

Thursday 16 December 2021 Coronavirus / Justice / Steve Reed

Labour calls on Raab to sack PPS over attack on Chief Medical Officer

Tuesday 14 December 2021 Justice / Steve Reed

Steve Reed responds to Government plans to overhaul human rights laws

Monday 13 December 2021 David Lammy / Foreign Policy / Justice

David Lammy comments on news that Anne Sacoolas will face criminal proceedings over death of Harry Dunn

Thursday 9 December 2021 Anna McMorrin / Justice

Anna McMorrin responds to Government announcement on Victims Bill

Tuesday 7 December 2021 Justice / Prisons / Steve Reed

Steve Reed responds to the release of the Prisons White Paper

Monday 6 December 2021 Emily Thornberry / Justice / Steve Reed

Steve Reed and Emily Thornberry respond to reported Government plans to bypass Judicial Review rulings

Friday 5 November 2021 Crime / Justice / Policing / Sarah Jones

Charge rate falls to a new record low under the Conservatives

Tuesday 5 October 2021 Ellie Reeves. / Justice

“The Government is failing women and girls” – Ellie Reeves responds to Boris Johnson not guaranteeing Rape Review targets will be met

Tuesday 5 October 2021 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to Dominic Raab’s speech to Conservative Party Conference

Sunday 3 October 2021 Justice / Lord Falconer

Lord Falconer responds to the Prime Minister’s comments attacking CPS prosecutors

Thursday 19 August 2021 Crime / David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy comments on 32% fall in prosecutions

Thursday 24 June 2021 David Lammy / Justice

Labour responds to new statistics revealing victims of crime are facing a 43% spike in delays to justice

Tuesday 22 June 2021 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to calls for reduced juries to help clear backlog

Thursday 17 June 2021 Ellie Reeves. / Justice

Ellie Reeves responds to the publication of the Government’s end to end rape review

Thursday 17 June 2021 Anna McMorrin / Justice

Anna McMorrin responds to the removal of children from Rainsbrook youth custody centre

Wednesday 9 June 2021 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to Conservative decision to abstain on Opposition Day Debate on ‘Protecting the public and ensuring justice for victims’

Tuesday 25 May 2021 Ellie Reeves. / Justice

Labour calls on the Government to publish its long awaited rape review

Monday 24 May 2021 Ellie Reeves. / Justice

Labour responds to figures showing only one in 60 rapes lead to a charge

Thursday 20 May 2021 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to reports that the Judicial Support Network has referred the Judicial Appointments Commission to the EHRC

Sunday 16 May 2021 David Lammy / Jess Phillips / Justice / Nick Thomas-Symonds

Labour publishes Green Paper as Tories fall short on ending violence against women and girls

Thursday 8 April 2021 David Lammy / Justice

Labour calls for urgent action as Crown Court backlog hits new record high

Monday 29 March 2021 David Lammy / Justice

Labour calls for emergency action as Crown Court delays spike while robbery, theft, criminal damage and arson, drug offences and fraud convictions hit a 10-year low

Thursday 18 March 2021 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy comments on the Government’s response to the Independent Review of Administrative Law

Tuesday 16 March 2021 David Lammy / Justice

Labour reveals catalogue of rapists who got less time in prison than the Government’s proposed maximum sentence for damaging statues

Tuesday 16 March 2021 Justice / Lyn Brown

Lyn Brown responds to watchdog finding serious failures to ensure race equality within the probation service

Tuesday 9 March 2021 Justice / Policing

Labour responds to the publication of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Wednesday 24 February 2021 Justice / Peter Kyle

Peter Kyle responds to the Victims Commissioner’s call for the introduction of a Victims Law

Thursday 18 February 2021 David Lammy / Justice

Justice system in crisis as the number of defendants prosecuted falls by 25% and the proportion of defendants on remand at 5-year high

Wednesday 17 February 2021 David Lammy / Justice

Labour calls for urgent action as Crown Court backlog hits an ‘all-time record’ of 56,000 cases

Monday 30 November 2020 Justice

Ellie Reeves comments on shadow rape review report

Wednesday 18 November 2020 Justice / Peter Kyle

Peter Kyle responds to the publication of a revised Victims’ Code

Friday 6 November 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy says further restrictions in prisons are because of “government failure”

Tuesday 27 October 2020 David Lammy / Justice / Youth

David Lammy responds to UN special rapporteur on torture’s assessment of UK Government’s policy on detained children

Thursday 22 October 2020 Ellie Reeves. / Justice

Ellie Reeves responds to HMCPSI report on letters to victims from the CPS

Tuesday 20 October 2020 Ellie Reeves. / Justice

Ellie Reeves responds to Dame Vera Baird QC’s survey into the experience of the criminal justice system for rape victims

Tuesday 20 October 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to HM Chief Inspector of Prisons’ annual report

Tuesday 20 October 2020 Justice / Peter Kyle

Peter Kyle welcomes proposal to open Parole Board hearings to victims but calls for further improvements to victims’ rights

Monday 19 October 2020 Ellie Reeves. / Justice

Ellie Reeves responds to CPS announcing changes to legal guidance for prosecutors on rape and serious sexual offences

Friday 9 October 2020 David Lammy / Justice

Labour warns against ‘complacency’ as coronavirus second spike hits prisons

Tuesday 6 October 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to the news that G4S has been awarded the contract to run the new prison at Wellingborough

Wednesday 16 September 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to proposed sentencing law changes

Wednesday 16 September 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy MP, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, responds to proposed sentencing law changes

Tuesday 8 September 2020 Justice

Lord Falconer responds to resignation of the Head of the Legal Department

Sunday 6 September 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to reports that Government lengthening time unconvicted defendants can spend in custody before trial

Monday 10 August 2020 Justice / Lord Falconer

Lord Falconer responds to reports that No 10 is planning to set targets for rape prosecution levels for the CPS

Wednesday 5 August 2020 Coronavirus / David Lammy / Justice

Labour calls for action to tackle courts backlog as landmark ruling paves way for release of dangerous criminals

Friday 31 July 2020 David Lammy / Justice

David Lammy responds to appointment of panel on reform of judicial review process

Thursday 30 July 2020 David Lammy / Justice