Sir Nicholas Dakin
Sir Nicholas Dakin MP
Labour
•House of Commons•ActiveMember since 3 July 2024
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Recent Debate Contributions
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Draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal Of Prisoners For Deportation Order 2025) (First sitting)
20/07/2025 • Commons
I thank the Opposition spokesman for those closing comments. I wish him and his colleagues, you, Ms McVey, and, indeed, all members of the Committee ...
I beg to move,
That the Committee has considered the draft Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Removal of Prisoners for Deportation) Order 2025.
It is a ...
Draft Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2025
13/07/2025 • Commons
I am grateful that the spokesman for His Majesty’s Opposition recognises that the draft regulations build on the work of the previous Government in a ...
I beg to move,
That the Committee has considered the draft Sentencing Act 2020 (Amendment of Schedule 21) Regulations 2025.
It is a pleasure to ...
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill
10/07/2025 • Commons
I am very grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Cramlington and Killingworth (Emma Foody) for the excellent work she has done in bringing forward ...
The hon. Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) focuses on the specific question of why this change should be made. It is very much a technic...
Courts (Remote Hearings) Bill
10/07/2025 • Commons
indicated assent.
The hon. Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope) raises important concerns, but this Bill is not about reducing the pressure on miscreants—it ...
Topical Questions
07/07/2025 • Commons
Greene King does outstanding work, as do other organisations in our prison service. They are important partners in delivering better justice.
My hon. Friend is right to emphasise the importance of rehabilitation in the panoply of things that we do in the criminal justice system. She is also ...
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Prison Education
07/07/2025 • Commons
All options are on the table. His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service introduced a head of education, skills and work into every prison to ensure t...
Ensuring that prisoners have access to education is essential for rehabilitation in order to ensure that prison produces better citizens, not better c...
Prison Capacity
07/07/2025 • Commons
Due to the circumstances that this Government found when we came into office, we had no option but to introduce a temporary change to the law to allow...
My hon. Friend is right. Public protection is our No. 1 priority, but we are also tackling reoffending, with proper programmes in place in prison. We ...
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Knife Crime Offenders: Rehabilitation
07/07/2025 • Commons
My hon. Friend is right to point to the range of diversions that can help the rehabilitation of young offenders, including boxing clubs. I am happy to...
Halving knife crime is a moral mission for the Government. Every young person caught with a knife is referred to a youth offending team, and Turnaroun...
Parole Board Decisions: Serious Offenders
07/07/2025 • Commons
My hon. Friend draws attention to another horrific case. I think the best way of proceeding is to take up his offer of a meeting.
That was a horrific case. My thoughts remain with Joanna’s family and friends, specifically Diana Parkes and Hetti Barkworth-Nanton, who I met last ye...
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Probation Officers
07/07/2025 • Commons
I thank the hon. Member for his question. As he knows, we have regular discussions in the five nations group to ensure that good practice is shared, i...
My hon. Friend is right that we need to ensure that prison officers have the time to do the job they came in to do, which is to spend time with offend...
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