Speeches by Farnsworth.

“That is very interesting. Thank you. We are talking in general terms about purposeful activity. We have touched on IPP, category C and what have you, but what we have not touched on is how purposeful activity does or does not differ, and whether it is adequate, for women and the youth estate. There are probably two sep…”

“And young people?”

“I am thinking exactly that. People and organisations are willing and ready to support our prisons and there are reports telling us that prisons are not providing it. If only they could.”

“Absolutely. I think we were planning to move on to contracted services. Pam has an interest in this.”

“Good afternoon. My name is Linsey Farnsworth. I am a non-practising solicitor, formerly of the Crown Prosecution Service. I am a member of a number of unions, including the FDA.”

“If I can take you back to adults, I am interested in particular in rehabilitative programmes in prisons. Starting with behaviour programmes, or interventions, as I think they are also called, could one of you give a brief overview of offender behaviour programmes—what they are, how they are accessed and what sort of co…”

“I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Max Wilkinson) for bringing forward this Bill on a subject of great importance. I know from personal experience the time and effort it must have taken to get to this stage. I am sure Members on both sides of the House will agree that solar is a key tool in the renewable …”

“I would encourage the Minister to respond, because I do not think that it is for me to do so. However, I do think we should be doing everything we can to move towards a better, more sustainable future. Not only are we building 1.5 million new homes over this Parliament, but we are committed to an ambitious decarbonisin…”

“We heard that licensing hours could not be extended for the Lionesses game because Parliament was not sitting. Does my hon. Friend agree that the changes in the Bill will give us the flexibility to ensure that, on such occasions, fans will be able watch games while supporting our pubs? We also have an opportunity today…”

“I am in the fortunate position of being the neighbouring MP, so you may well be familiar with the school I mention, which is just down the road from your constituency. Will you commend Langley Mill academy for its great work to raise awareness among young people of British values and our voting system, and sadly for pu…”

“Can I bring it back to an area that is particularly important to me as the mission delivery champion for safer streets but, more importantly, to my constituents in Amber Valley? That is the mission to make our streets safer and the ambitious target—we have already talked about ambitious Government policy—to halve viole…”

“Thank you. Warinder is going to ask you some more questions.”

“You will not be surprised to learn that I am going to take you through some questions relating to the Crown Prosecution Service and your superintendence of that. The first thing I want to ask about is the framework agreement between the Law Officers and the Director of Public Prosecutions. My understanding is that that…”

“Do you have a timescale in mind for when you would like that framework to be available to the public?”

“Thank you.”

“As a former prosecutor, disclosure always triggers some feelings. You are absolutely right. I worked in the CPS in the complex casework unit and the organised crime division in my time, which have big cases where the unused material that is not part of the evidence but has to be reviewed for disclosure to the defence w…”

“That is useful, thank you. Moving on to one of our favourite topics on this Committee, which is the backlog of cases in the courts, particularly in the Crown court, I can attest to the fact that the Crown Prosecution Service would collapse if it was not for the good will and commitment of its staff. That has been the c…”

“Moving back to fees, when the Director of Public Prosecutions gave his evidence to the Committee, he made some comments about defence barristers and the current fee structure, and how that is set up and may well lead to late guilty pleas because the fee structure is such that that is an attractive way of doing business…”

“Did you receive any complaints about the director’s comments into your office?”

“I am Linsey Farnsworth, the Member of Parliament for Amber Valley. My interests are as per the register. Of relevance to today’s hearing, I am a non-practising solicitor, formerly with the Crown Prosecution Service, a member of various unions, including the FDA, and a national mission delivery champion for the safer st…”