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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI can assure the House and my hon. Friend that HMP Parc is receiving targeted support. She points to the recent visit by my hon. and noble Friends to the prison, and the Minister…10 Dec 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member raises an important issue, which is always under review, but that is where we are at the moment.10 Dec 2024HANSARDPrison ConditionsThe prison estate conditions survey programme is a live assessment of the condition of our estate, but there is still much to do. Approximately 4,000 cells were lost to…10 Dec 2024HANSARDPrison ConditionsThis Government are determined to ensure the best possible conditions in our prisons. We have inherited a crisis in our prisons, I am afraid, but if the hon. Member wishes to…10 Dec 2024HANSARDPrison ConditionsThese new prisons will be built with all the things my hon. Friend mentions taken fully into account. The Government are determined to put in place 14,000 more prison places.10 Dec 2024HANSARDPrisoner RehabilitationWe are mandating careers advice in prisons and introducing a life skills curriculum. All released prisoners have access to an employment advisory board that can connect prisoners…10 Dec 2024HANSARDPrisoner RehabilitationI agree with my hon. Friend. We know that having a job and a home are the best ways to reduce reoffending. That is why we have employment hubs in all resettlement prisons, where…10 Dec 2024HANSARDPrisoner RehabilitationWe know that accommodation is key to reducing reoffending. That is why we are expanding our transitional accommodation service and working closely with the Ministry of Housing,…10 Dec 2024HANSARDReducing ReoffendingWe will expand our transitional accommodation service and launch employment councils to strengthen the relationship between employers and HM Prison and Probation Service.10 Dec 2024HANSARDReducing ReoffendingAbsolutely; public safety is our No. 1 priority and new technology gives us every advantage to do things differently. That is one of the things that the independent sentencing…10 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Home Detention Curfew and Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods (Amendment) Order 2024I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Home Detention Curfew and Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods (Amendment) Order 2024. It is a pleasure to serve…04 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Home Detention Curfew and Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods (Amendment) Order 2024indicated dissent .04 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Home Detention Curfew and Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods (Amendment) Order 2024indicated dissent .04 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Home Detention Curfew and Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods (Amendment) Order 2024As he probably realises, all impact assessments have a 10-year focus. The impact assessment is nothing to do with intention; it is about the impact if things went on for that…04 Dec 2024HANSARDDraft Home Detention Curfew and Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods (Amendment) Order 2024I thank the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, the hon. Member for Eastbourne, for recognising at the start of his speech that the Government are taking this matter very seriously. I…04 Dec 2024HANSARDEarly Release Scheme: Housing DemandWith this Government’s scheme, unlike the previous Government’s rushed scheme, we are giving our excellent staff time to work with national and local housing partners to minimise…05 Nov 2024HANSARDEarly Release Scheme: Housing DemandFewer than 20.05 Nov 2024HANSARDEducation and Training for PrisonersWe have reduced overcrowding to ensure that prisons have the capacity to focus on education and training. For example, HMP Highpoint’s state-of-the-art rail centre of excellence…05 Nov 2024HANSARDEducation and Training for PrisonersIt sounds like an interesting approach. I would be grateful if the hon. Gentleman wrote to me so that I can look into it and write back to him. It is certainly the sort of thing…05 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right to protest is an important part of our democracy, but it has to be exercised within the law. Sentencing in individual cases is, of course, a matter for independent…05 Nov 2024