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Proceeding contribution from Lord Garnier (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 October 2007. It occurred during Debate on bill on Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill.

Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

I am most grateful to the Lord High Chancellor, as he likes to be called, for giving way. Before we get too far into the debate, will he confirm the way in which the 20,000 additional prison places, which he claims have been created since 1997, came about? A few thousand genuinely new prison places have been created, most of which are the result of contracts let by the previous Government. Will he also confirm that tonight 18,000 prisoners will double up in cells designed for one, and that 1,000 prisoners will treble up in such cells? The real reason that he can claim, as he does, to have provided 20,000 new places is that he is doubling and trebling up men in single cells.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
464 c62 
Session
2006-07
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Compensation Data protection Crime prevention Curriculum Crime Administration of justice Crimes against the person Software Anti-social behaviour British nationality Bureaucracy Court of Appeal Finance Homosexuality Human rights Judiciary Immigration controls Incitement EU law Drugs Undocumented migrants Human trafficking Internet General practitioners Offenders NHS Northern Ireland Parents Police Prisons Pornography Police community support officers Probation Offences against children Prostitution National Offender Management Service Migration Sentencing Standards Terrorism Young people Young offenders Victims Anti-social behaviour orders Prison accommodation Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Young offender institutions Self-defence
Legislation
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill 2006-07 to 2007-08
Link
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