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2025 September 16

  • Sentencing Bill – Second Reading

    • 16/09/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    The Bill came before the Commons 16 September 2025 for debate and votes on the Bill at Second Reading. The Sentencing Bill aims to ease prison overcrowding while keeping dangerous offenders in custody longer. It introduces a new “Progression model” for determinate sentences, allowing misconduct in custody to extend time served. On release, offenders may

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  • Valerie Chairs Public Committee on English Devolution and Community Empowerment

    • 16/09/2025
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News
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    I chaired an evidence session of the Public Bill Committee of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill on 16 September 2025 from 2pm-5.30pm.  This Bill reforms local government in England and gives communities the right to shape their local areas. It will also restore the supplementary vote system for mayoral elections in England, and

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