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HANSARDSexual Violence Support ServicesI am happy to commit the victims Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Charnwood (Edward Argar), to that meeting; I am sure he will be very pleased with me. This is an important…11 Jul 2019HANSARDSexual Violence Support ServicesThe Minister for victims, my hon. Friend the Member for Charnwood (Edward Argar), and the Minister for mental health, my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jackie Doyle-Price),…11 Jul 2019HANSARDPrison Officer Training: Women’s Mental HealthI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that important point. As I have said, the roll out of the new POWER scheme is going to be very important in terms of giving prison…11 Jul 2019HANSARDPrison Staff: Health and SafetyI am always interested in meeting staff from across the prison estate, and that includes the teachers who are here today. The hon. Gentleman is right to highlight Peter Clarke’s…09 Jul 2019HANSARDPrison Staff: Health and SafetyMy hon. Friend raises an important point. Indeed, the service has started research on the effects on prison staff of second-hand exposure to psychoactive substances, in particular…09 Jul 2019HANSARDPrison Staff: Health and SafetyThe hon. Lady raises a very interesting point. While I think it would be invidious of me to comment on a particular case, I can see the force of her point. That is quite clearly a…09 Jul 2019HANSARDPrison Staff: Health and SafetyThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point and he is right to alert us to the day-to-day bravery of prison staff in whatever part of the prison estate they work. A lot of work…09 Jul 2019HANSARDPrison Staff: Health and SafetyKeeping our prisons safe, both for the dedicated staff working in them and for the men and women in our custody, is our top priority. Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service…09 Jul 2019HANSARDTackling Reoffending: Voluntary SectorThe voluntary sector has a pivotal role in supporting rehabilitation and helping offenders to turn their lives around. I want to expand that role, including in the delivery of…09 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise this issue. I am as anxious as him to ensure that that land can be put to good use. I wrote to him last month. We have commissioned a demolition…09 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend asks an important question about sentences of indeterminate length for public protection. I assure him that the Parole Board applies the most rigorous of tests…09 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his continued interest in and concern for the welfare of prisoners and staff at HMP Nottingham. I look forward to updating him in detail…09 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for taking such an interest in his local prison and taking part in that scheme. I mentioned the prison officer of the year awards. The importance…09 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her continuing interest in HMP Bristol. The response to the urgent notification will be issued this week, and I will indeed visit the prison…09 Jul 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue. I am grateful to the Petitions Committee and to all hon. and right hon. Members who took part in that important debate yesterday,…09 Jul 2019HANSARDPrisoners: Access to WorkMy hon. Friend is right to talk about changing the culture. A number of companies are quite openly employing ex-offenders. Also, the Ban the Box initiative, which is all about…09 Jul 2019HANSARDPrisoners: Access to WorkI am interested to hear the example that the right hon. Gentleman gives in the Northern Irish prison that he represents. The through-the-gate service, which deals with employment,…09 Jul 2019HANSARDPrisoners: Access to WorkThe hon. Gentleman refers to miscarriages of justice. The prison system is there to deal with the prisoners in front of it, whatever might have happened with the case or…09 Jul 2019HANSARDTackling Reoffending: Voluntary SectorMy hon. Friend is right to raise the excellent work done by those two organisations. In fact, more than 10,000 people work for voluntary organisations that are involved in…09 Jul 2019HANSARDPrisoners: Access to WorkI join my hon. Friend in supporting Futures Unlocked and extend my congratulations to it on receiving the Queen’s award, and my hon. Friend is right to talk about what can be done…09 Jul 2019