Proceeding contribution from David Heath (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 28 February 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Offender Management Bill.
Offender Management Bill
My hon. Friend is right. I have heard him speak with great passion on that subject many times and I know that he understands the importance of that issue to the treatment of prisoners. At the moment, the whole system is not properly geared to addressing one of the principal problems that so many prisoners face: their lack of ability to communicate with the rest of society. Because they cannot communicate, they have recourse to criminality. That is not an excuse, but it is—on an evidential basis—one of the reasons.
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- 457 c997
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- 2006-07
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- House of Commons chamber
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- Contracts Admissibility of evidence Accountability Charities Age Evidence Local government Offenders Mental illness Private sector Pilot schemes Qualifications Prisons Public sector Probation Offences against children Lie detectors Rehabilitation Voluntary organisations Training Sexual offences Wales Testing Reoffenders Speech and language therapy Probation trusts
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- Offender Management Bill 2006-07
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