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Prisons: Population

My Lords, one of the problems with overcrowding is that it involves a shortage not just of cell space—we are obviously pleased that there is now money to buy more—but of all the other services: the staffing, the education, the work programmes and so on. Can the noble and learned Lord tell us whether the Treasury has granted more money for all the extra services required to accompany the cells? I am interested that the noble Lord, Lord Carter, will be asked to conduct a review of imprisonment; that has long been needed. I hope that it will include a review of the structure of the Prison Service. Is there any intention of delaying further work on the Offender Management Bill until the noble Lord has reported? We need a review not just of probation but of prisons; they both need to be reviewed together. Is it not better to wait until he has reported and then do both together?