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HANSARDPrison CapacityThe right hon. Member mentioned the fact that we had overcrowding. I would like to point out that overcrowded accommodation has gone down since the Labour Government in 2004. He…08 Dec 2020HANSARDPrison CapacityWe anticipate that the additional places will deliver a mix of places based on population type and category, which will enable us to ensure that prisoners are kept in the right…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDrug Use in PrisonsI am so glad that my hon. Friend has raised this question, because we wholly support the Bill introduced by my right hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Dame Cheryl…08 Dec 2020HANSARDPrison CapacityI am happy to do that. I really understand the value of community centres, and I am aware of the brilliant plans that Ms Kitching, the chair of Wymott bowling club, has for a new…08 Dec 2020HANSARDDrug Use in PrisonsJustice colleagues work closely with our Health partners, and since April 2018 a national partnership agreement on prison healthcare in England has been in place. Tackling drugs…08 Dec 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyI refute the claim that we are changing our policy in any way. As the police are funded to search out and investigate further crime with our 20,000 additional officers on the…08 Dec 2020HANSARDFemale Offender StrategyThe hon. Member makes a very important point: we need to ensure that we support women not only in custody, but outside it. He will have heard me mention that we are in the midst…08 Dec 2020HANSARDPrison CapacityWe have committed more than £4 billion to deliver 18,000 additional prison places across the prison estate by the mid-2020s to support the Prime Minister’s commitment to crack…08 Dec 2020HANSARDPrisons (Substance Testing) BillI absolutely join my hon. Friend in that. He makes an important point: at HMPPS, the governors, prison officers and all the staff in the service have done such a remarkable job…02 Dec 2020HANSARDPrisons (Substance Testing) BillThe hon. Member for West Ham has highlighted two matters in her amendment, both of which relate to reporting. I am very grateful for her having raised these very important…02 Dec 2020HANSARDPrisons (Substance Testing) BillI am pleased that the hon. Gentleman has raised that point. As he repeated, we do have a multifaceted approach, including limiting the supply—the measures he identified are to do…02 Dec 2020HANSARDPrisons (Substance Testing) BillIt is such a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Ghani. I will not detain the Committee long on the main points, but I will respond to the points that the hon. Member…02 Dec 2020HANSARD Parole Board: Maintaining Public SafetyIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Cummins, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for South Leicestershire (Alberto Costa) for introducing this important…25 Nov 2020HANSARD Parole Board: Maintaining Public SafetyI completely understand that point, and I cannot imagine how it must feel to be in that situation—if someone had taken away a loved one, or done serious damage to me as the victim…25 Nov 2020HANSARDHMP Frankland: Covid-19I thank the hon. Member for City of Durham (Mary Kelly Foy) for securing this important debate this evening. As she started her remarks, she said that staff had done so much on…24 Nov 2020HANSARDIllicit Substance Use in PrisonsWe are taking a number of approaches, of which I shall name just one: the rolling out of the NHS Reconnect service, which ensures that those having treatment in prisons can…03 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. We are very conscious of the impact that the very restrictive conditions we have imposed will have on those in our custody and…03 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be very happy to visit when we are allowed to do so, and certainly before then to discuss the issues in my hon. Friend’s constituency, and I pay tribute to the work of…03 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsIf I could correct the hon. Lady, the £2.5 million that we have committed this year for the female offender strategy will be going directly to women’s centres where they bid for…03 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would like to thank all the staff who have been working so hard at this particularly challenging time. We have started to routinely test staff, and we are providing personal…03 Nov 2020