Sentencing Bill should protect victims and punish criminals
Priti Patel, the MP for Witham, spoke during the recent Sentencing Bill debate, pressing the Government to ensure that the new legislation delivers on the need to protect victims and punish criminals.
Priti calls for robust laws to tackle crime
Former Home Secretary and Witham MP Priti Patel has called for new robust laws to be put in place to tackle a range of crimes that blight our communities. Speaking during a debate on the Criminal Justice Bill in the House of Commons, Priti praised the work of the police …
Priti calls for more deportations for foreign national offenders
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on the Government to take robust action to deport more foreign national offenders directly from prisons. During a debate on reforms to the rules on deporting foreign national offenders (FNO) directly from prisons, Priti highlighted that 12,000 FNO were deported during her time as …
Priti calls on justice ministers to improve compensation for victims
Witham MP Priti Patel has called on justice ministers to use the forthcoming Victims’ Bill to introduce new measures to improve compensation for victims of crime. Speaking during questions in the House of Commons to justice ministers, Priti referred to a case where a constituent suffered life changing injuries but …
Patel calls for review of costs for innocent ex-prisoners
DAME PRITI PATEL has called for a rethink of “utterly shameful” rules that mean innocent prisoners can be forced to pay for food and accommodation out of their compensation for being unjustly jailed. The former home secretary became the most senior Tory figure yet to call for the system to be reviewed after …
Priti raises constituents’ Probate Service concerns in Commons
During a debate on the Probate Service in the House of Commons (28.03.23), Witham MP Priti Patel has asked Justice Minister Mike Freer MP to address the concerns constituents have raised with her about delays in probate applications being processed. Priti said: “Bereaved families in this part of Essex have been …
Priti calls for more rights and compensation for victims of crime
Witham MP Priti Patel has called for new laws to be introduced to support victims of crime. During questions to the Secretary of State for Justice, Dominic Raab, in the House of Commons (22nd November 2022), Priti welcomed the forthcoming Victims Bill and called for the legislation to include more …