21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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We have run out of time. Thank you for agreeing to come back on the few points that you've indicated. In that shopping list of things that you're going to come back on—. There's plenty of work to be done on ensuring that all public services are trauma…
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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There's plenty that needs to be done—. Sorry, Jane, go ahead. Go ahead, Jane.
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Jane Dodds wanted to just come back in. Jane.
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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I think, just finally, I want to follow up on the—. I think at least twice you've used the words 'should be provided', and a lot of this depends on who is supporting that young person. The team around the child—some of them are more assiduous than others…
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Thank you for that clarification. Can I bring in Ken Skates now?
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Okay. Can I just quickly ask what involvement would you expect your magistrates to have with the Children's Commissioner for Wales, obviously whose job it is to articulate the wishes and needs of children in Wales?
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Okay. Perhaps you could write to us about the disparity between those two areas. That would be useful. Moving on now, Jane Dodds, would you like to come in on our second area of interest, which is communication and language difficulties with young people?
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Before we move on to focus on speech and language difficulties for young people, and their involvement in the criminal justice system, I just wanted to pick up on the issue of consistency in sentencing. When you look at the Prison Reform Trust statistics on…
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Thank you very much. Can I bring in Sarah Murphy now?
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Fine. Okay. Thank you very much. Back to you, Sioned.
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Okay. So, what impact do you think these pilots have made, from your observations?
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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So, are you saying that these pilots, the 12-month pilots that have been instituted by HM Prison and Probation Service, which include Swansea and Cardiff, that there have been no additional resources provided to focus on these particular pilots?
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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You mentioned the variability of the quality in the pre-sentence reports. You're presumably able to push back on—. You presumably can have discussions with the Probation Service if there are consistently poor reports being provided to the courts, and you can…
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Okay. I just wanted to come back to pre-sentencing reports, which you mentioned in your initial comments. Under what circumstances would a magistrate sentence a woman without having a pre-sentence report?
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Okay, thank you. Sioned, back to you.
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Can I just follow up on what Jane was saying, because when we went to Styal prison, the governor told us that she was astonished that a magistrate had sent a woman to prison for seven days, which included Christmas day—a mother? So, could you describe why it…
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Okay. Can I next bring in Jane Dodds and then I’ll come back to you? Jane.
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Go ahead, Sioned. I think it's working now.
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Can you go and just—? One second, Sioned. I think that the interpretation may not be set up correctly.
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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Thank you. Sioned Williams.
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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The first item today is our further session on the experiences of women in the criminal justice system. I'm very pleased to welcome Tom Franklin, representing the Magistrates Association. Altaf Hussain is going to start off the questions. Altaf.
21 Tachwedd 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
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16 Tachwedd 2022 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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16 Tachwedd 2022 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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