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HANSARDReducing ReoffendingIdentifying children with a parent in prison is important for ensuring that they receive the support they need. Strengthening family ties remains an integral aspect of our work,…05 Nov 2024HANSARDReducing ReoffendingSuch schemes and initiatives are exactly the sort of thing that this Government want to celebrate as best practice and replicate in other settings.05 Nov 2024HANSARDReducing ReoffendingWe value youth services, such as the Duke of Edinburgh’s award scheme, that enable young people to develop new skills to turn their lives around. In fact, the D of E scheme is…05 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right: the quality of prison education must continually improve if we are to achieve the best possible rehabilitation outcomes.05 Nov 2024HANSARDReducing ReoffendingYes. Electronic monitoring is already an important part of safely managing offenders in the community, and one of the principles of the sentencing review is to look at the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDReducing ReoffendingGood reducing reoffending activity cannot happen in overcrowded prisons, which is why we took immediate action to relieve the pressure. This will allow for better access to…05 Nov 2024HANSARDSupporting Young OffendersThe hon. Member draws attention to an issue. If she would like to write to me about that particular incident, I will write back to her.05 Nov 2024HANSARDSupporting Young OffendersI commend the hon. Member for his actions. He is right that visits to local prisons, or prisons elsewhere, are a good thing to do. I have recently visited Humber, Wakefield, and…05 Nov 2024HANSARDSupporting Young OffendersThank you, Mr Speaker. We know there is more to be done, as my hon. Friend outlines. Keep-apart lists make it difficult for children to access education in young offenders…05 Nov 2024HANSARDSupporting Young OffendersThe young futures programme will be a prevention-first approach to crime reduction, building on the Department’s successful turnaround programme. I was very pleased to visit the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDSupporting Young OffendersMy hon. Friend, the Chair of the Justice Committee, identifies a subject that might well be useful for his Committee to examine.05 Nov 2024HANSARDSupporting Prison OfficersWe are already on track to remove more foreign national offenders than the Conservative party ever did.05 Nov 2024HANSARDSupporting Prison OfficersMy hon. Friend tells it how it is. The Conservative party left our Prison and Probation Service in a mess. Our job, on behalf of the British people, is to clean up that mess. That…05 Nov 2024HANSARDSupporting Prison OfficersBy immediately reducing prison overcrowding, we have made prisons safer to work in. We have also accepted the 5% pay award recommended for prison officers in full.05 Nov 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesIt is a pleasure to serve under you in the Chair, Mr Efford. We have had a full and informed debate, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos…29 Oct 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesEach case is different, so I come back to the importance of individual plans for individual prisoners, and the fact that they need to know, from conversations with the prison…29 Oct 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesEach IPP prisoner should know what they need to do in order to make progress through the system or towards the community, and each IPP prisoner should also know what the system…29 Oct 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesI am happy to meet my right hon. Friend and colleagues across both Houses with Lord Timpson to discuss progress on this in broad terms, because we can work together. We all want…29 Oct 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesI will very happily revisit the report as my right hon. Friend advises, but the reality is that we need to crack on with this. We need to get things to a better place as quickly…29 Oct 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Member is right that this is a big issue. The Prison and Probation Service is working hard to ensure that appropriate accommodation is available, and working hard with…10 Sept 2024