May 2026

Anna McMorrin voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

11. What steps his Department is taking to help prevent the criminalisation of children while in care.

I refer to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. Children in care have often faced significant trauma, instability, neglect or abuse. As a result, many of them end up in the criminal justice system, and care leavers are 10 times more likely to end up in prison. Counselling has been shown to help keep children in care out of prison, which is obviously better for the young people, and saves the state money in the long term. Will the Minister consider changing national protocol

I meet constituents every week, and victims will always be my priority. The hon. Gentleman has come to this House time and again to list horrific offences, but he has not once apologised for the damage that his party did to our justice system. Victims will not forget the mess the Conservatives created, forgive their failure to take action or be fooled by their claims to care now. It is this Labour Government who have committed to halving violence against women and girls, and this Labour Governme

Alex Davies-Jones voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Sarah Jones voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Tonia Antoniazzi voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

I agree with every word that the hon. Member for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord) has just said about first past the post and proportional representation. It is Labour party policy, and it unites the left and the right of the Labour party. I think it is probably one of the few things that my hon. Friend the Member for North Durham (Luke Akehurst) and I work together on passionately. If colleagues on the Government Benches think that first past the post was great for us in the last election,

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention. It would probably be best not to have a candid discussion about this in the Chamber. Yes, the King’s Speech provides headings, but I am afraid that is all they are—they are hints at what we need; they are not the sum of it. It is not that the change has been promised but I do not believe it is coming. It has not been promised. We are doubling down on the mistakes we have made. What we have heard from the Prime Minister is, “We’ve done great things in

Darren Jones voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Ellie Reeves voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

19. What estimate he has made of the number of prisoners released in error since July 2024.

Despite implementing what the Justice Secretary said were the strongest ever checks, every week criminals are being given a “Get out of jail free” card. How many of those 441 prisoners, wrongly let out of prison on Labour’s watch, remain at large, and why is it still taking days for the Prison Service to let the police know when it has wrongly released people?

Edward Argar voted AYE on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Natalie Fleet voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Claire Hughes voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

I am sure that the House will join me in paying tribute to the former Minister for victims, the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Alex Davies-Jones), for her amazing work. I wish the new Minister the best of luck in the role. Some 90% of young men and boys incarcerated for violent offences have experienced or witnessed domestic abuse or another form of abuse at home. The Government are investing in increasing the number of independent domestic violence advisers available to adult survivors, but there

Kirsty McNeill voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Liz Twist voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)

Matt Western voted NO on 'King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (i)' (108-323, defeated)