division_name: Protecting the Public and Justice for Victims
motion: <p class="indent" pid="c1016.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House regrets the unprecedented backlog of more than 57,000 Crown Court cases, as well as record low convictions for rape and a collapse in convictions for all serious crime; calls on the Government to set up more Nightingale Courts, to enshrine victims&#8217; rights in law and to introduce the proposals set out in Labour&#8217;s &#8216;Ending Violence Against Women and Girls&#8217; Green Paper; and further calls on the Secretary of State for Justice to update the House in person on progress made in reducing the court backlog by <phrase class="date" code="2021-07-22">22 July</phrase>.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1033.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;To hear that Colin Pitchfork, who took the lives of two children for his own pleasure, is to be released, is an insult to the two young victims.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1033.0/8" pwmotiontext="yes">The impact of losing a child is devastating, this anguish is compounded when as parents, you know that those last minutes of your loved one&#8217;s life were spent in terror. These monsters destroy more than one life, they destroy whole families.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1033.0/9" pwmotiontext="yes">It has been 8 years of torment for me and my family since Georgia was taken. The impact on my mental health has ruined my life and in turn my family&#8217;s&#8212;there is no cure for our suffering. Based on my experience as a police detective, I believe Pitchfork will kill again, I&#8217;ve seen it all too often.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1033.0/10" pwmotiontext="yes">Victims&#8217; families are forgotten in a short while, but the terror and chaos it causes in our lives goes on. It changes how we live our lives forever&#8212;we want to reach out to ease the extreme distress of other suffering families.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1033.0/11" pwmotiontext="yes">Please Lucy, do everything you can for the victims of Colin Pitchfork to ease their families&#8217; suffering.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1033.0/12" pwmotiontext="yes">Keep Pitchfork in prison.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1033.0/13" pwmotiontext="yes">Life must mean life.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1037.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;You don&#8217;t fix the backlog with trials that are widely perceived as unfair.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1037.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;opening the door to sacrificing the precious way people in our communities contribute to something really important.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1045.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;there is no overall alignment of policy and spending which is essential if the criminal justice system is to be effective in reducing crime and promoting rehabilitation.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1047.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;unacceptable&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1047.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;due to years of underfunding.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1048.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;The police do their job but there are far too many getting a slap on the wrist when caught with weapons. The courts need to take a far more serious view on this to make potential offenders think twice before&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1054.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;undermines the credibility of the justice system&#8221;,</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c1054.1/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;It&#8217;s particularly domestic abuse, violence against women and rape cases that are going to be at serious risk&#8221;</p>