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Business of the House

That matter has been debated endlessly. Under the present Government, the number of prison places has increased by around 20,000. I can tell the hon. Gentleman that my constituents are fed up with hearing Conservative Members bleating about the fact that the system is too soft and needs to be toughened up, yet time and again when the Government have sought to toughen up the criminal justice system, they have voted against it.