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HANSARDPrison Officer SafetyWe have a co-operative relationship with the Scottish Government and that will continue. Let me point out that since October 2016 we have seen an increase in prison officer…05 Feb 2019HANSARDPrison OvercrowdingWe are making good progress with Wellingborough and Glen Parva Prisons, which will be modern and provide uncrowded capacity and will open in 2021 and 2022 respectively. This is…05 Feb 2019HANSARDPrison OvercrowdingThe Prisons Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Penrith and The Border (Rory Stewart), has indeed visited Bedford Prison and is in contact with the governor. The prison is…05 Feb 2019HANSARDPrison OvercrowdingI agree with the hon. Lady about the importance of rehabilitation. We have stressed that point, and it has been stressed a number of times this morning. Of course we want to bring…05 Feb 2019HANSARDPrison OvercrowdingOver time, more of those IPP prisoners are being released, but the Parole Board has to make a judgment in each individual case on whether there is a risk to society from releasing…05 Feb 2019HANSARDPrison OvercrowdingWe will not hand HMP Birmingham back if it is not safe for us to do so. I am afraid that the attack on any involvement of the private sector in the prison system that we hear from…05 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsYesterday, I published my review of the Parole Board rules and the Government’s response to the public consultation about creating a new reconsideration mechanism for Parole Board…05 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Gentleman will be aware, the cleaners and security guards are employed by private contractors, and that is a matter for them.05 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for his question. We are strengthening the countermeasures against contraband for every route into prison, and technology is an important part of that. In…05 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe certainly have no plans to do so, but on the subject of human rights, I am a little surprised that we are getting lectured by the hon. Gentleman, who will not condemn the…05 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes.05 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point. We are working with the Home Office to ensure that these orders are truly preventive in nature and put children on the right path away…05 Feb 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that question. There has obviously been a recent case on this. We need to look very carefully at this to ensure we get the balance…05 Feb 2019HANSARDParole Board: Reconsideration Mechanism and Rules ReviewThe Parole Board decision to release John Worboys, and the subsequent legal action taken by the victims to challenge that decision, revealed the need to improve the way the system…04 Feb 2019HANSARDConvention against Torture: UN ProtocolThe optional protocol to the convention against torture (OPCAT), which the UK ratified in December 2003, requires states parties to establish a “national preventive mechanism”…29 Jan 2019