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HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeMay I pay particular tribute to the good people of Stoke? They have been incredibly welcoming not just to Afghans but to many other immigrants to the country and looked after…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeOn that point, I apologise and that meeting will happen in the next seven days. On the hon. Lady’s point about people who are still in-country, as I said, we are working closely…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeWe have published our support package for whole families, which of course includes children. It focuses on the needs of not just school-age children but, importantly, adults who…06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI think that is an answer that should be provided outside the Chamber, Madam Deputy Speaker, given your recent encouragement.06 Jan 2022HANSARDAfghan Citizens Resettlement SchemeI assume that the hon. Lady is talking about constituents here in the United Kingdom, because she is meeting them. If they are in bridging accommodation, they will be considered…06 Jan 2022HANSARDPrisons StrategyToday, the Government have published our prisons strategy White Paper to build the places, support our staff and transform the prison regime to cut crime. Prisons play a vital…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady, whom I welcome to her new position. If I may, however, I will start by correcting some of the statements that she has just made. In case…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI would be delighted to visit my hon. Friend and hope he will treat me to a cream tea in the process.07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyMy hon. Friend is a staunch defender of his constituents and assiduous in advocating their concerns about this and other matters. I cannot comment further on the particular…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI very much understand my hon. Friend’s concern for his constituents and desire for some certainty. I cannot give an undertaking today but am happy to meet him to discuss the…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI thank the hon. Gentleman for his kind invitation and look forward to seeing how Banksy might represent Reading prison in future artworks, but I regret to say that as the…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyWe very much want to return foreign national offenders to their country of origin as quickly as possible. That is not always possible, depending on where in the world offenders…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyIndeed they are. Of course, not only are those items ways for organised crime gangs to continue control within the prison walls, but people can use the mobile phones to…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyVery much so. We want to encourage earned autonomy and we want the best practices to be shared across the prison estate. Last week I was delighted to meet, with the Deputy Prime…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI thank the hon. Lady and my hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine) for mentioning family ties, which are critical. Family ties are in the White Paper, and we want to…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyMy hon. Friend is right to say that we must learn to live with covid within the prison estate, as we do outside prison walls. We are working with NHS local services to roll out…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI hope the hon. Gentleman will take the time to read the report, as he will see our emphasis on the vital contribution made by our staff day in, day out and night in, night out to…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI acknowledge my right hon. Friend’s work on increasing knowledge and awareness of neurodiversity issues. We will be looking carefully at the joint thematic report to ensure that…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyI am mindful of your call for shorter answers, Madam Deputy Speaker, so I cannot set out in detail everything we are doing, but I hope I can give the hon. Lady confidence that…07 Dec 2021HANSARDPrisons StrategyThe hon. Gentleman is mischaracterising the success of the X-ray scanners. I have seen how they work at Lincoln, and they discover objects concealed within a person that would not…07 Dec 2021