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HANSARDPrisons Strategy White PaperToday the Government have published our Prisons Strategy White Paper which sets out our plans to build the prison places the country needs, transform the prison regime to protect…07 Dec 2021HANSARDSentencing UpdateI am today announcing the Government’s decision to bring forward “Harper’s Law”. PC Andrew Harper was tragically killed responding to a theft in July 2019. The defendants in the…24 Nov 2021HANSARDDrug Smuggling into PrisonsMy hon. Friend is right to ask that question. Since 2019, the Government have invested more than £100 million in prison security. We have installed 74 X-ray body scanners, which…09 Nov 2021HANSARDDrug Smuggling into PrisonsIn the 12 months to March 2021, the number of incidents in which drugs were found in prisons decreased by 6% to 20,295.09 Nov 2021HANSARDDrug Smuggling into PrisonsThe right hon. Lady is right to raise that issue. It is important to consider not just the technology that we have been talking about, which helps to keep prisons safe, but the…09 Nov 2021HANSARDDrug Smuggling into PrisonsOn top of the investment and the scanners, we have the Prisons (Substance Testing) Act 2021, which gives prison officers the powers to test prisoners for any psychoactive…09 Nov 2021HANSARDUK Human Rights FrameworkAs a trainee lawyer I worked at Liberty, and I have huge respect for the work that it does. In fact, back then I took a test case to the European Court of Human Rights in…09 Nov 2021HANSARDUK Human Rights FrameworkYes.09 Nov 2021HANSARDUK Human Rights FrameworkUnder this Prime Minister and before the next election, we will overhaul the Human Rights Act to end its abuse by dangerous criminals and to restore some common sense to our…09 Nov 2021HANSARDDrug Smuggling into PrisonsI was up at Glen Parva recently to look at one of the new state-of-the-art prisons. There, and across the prison estate, we are introducing improved cell windows, netting and…09 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising this issue. He has been following it for some time, and I have worked with him on it in the past. We will make sure that we have the right…09 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy right hon. Friend is right that we have seen a 12% boost to the Department’s budget, which will see £11.5 billion invested by the end of the Parliament. That will help us build…09 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We need a tailored approach to the female prison estate. I can tell her that the number of women in custody has fallen by almost a quarter…09 Nov 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsOver the last month, I have visited HMP High Down, Ford prison and the new state-of-the-art prison at Glen Parva. Today, we opened a new super-court at Loughborough, which will…09 Nov 2021HANSARDRape and Violence against Women and Girls: Prosecutions and ConvictionsI totally share the hon. Lady’s sense of frustration on behalf of victims up and down the country. There is no single silver bullet, precisely because it is a system-wide failure.…09 Nov 2021HANSARDRape and Violence against Women and Girls: Prosecutions and ConvictionsThat is incredibly important not only for the victims of rape, but for other vulnerable victims. The evidence so far from the pilots and the trials needs to be gleaned and…09 Nov 2021HANSARDRape and Violence against Women and Girls: Prosecutions and ConvictionsI am very happy to look at that. We have a record-breaking amount from the spending review, certainly the largest in the past 10 years, for justice issues, and I will be looking…09 Nov 2021HANSARDFormer Offenders: Employment SupportIn addition to the spending review settlement and the employers’ summit, we are making sure that we design prisons the right way. I visited Glen Parva, one of the new…09 Nov 2021HANSARDFormer Offenders: Employment SupportWe think that justice must be served; punishment is important. The short sentences are often for those who have systematically flouted and breached community sentences. To cut…09 Nov 2021HANSARDRape and Violence against Women and Girls: Prosecutions and ConvictionsI share my hon. Friend’s total disgust at what we have learned about those hospitals in Kent, and, indeed, in relation to the David Fuller case more broadly. Although I have…09 Nov 2021