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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 17 November 2005, in the House of Commons, led by John Denham. The answering member was Fiona Mactaggart.

Rehabilitation of Prisoners

Westminster hall adjournment debate on the rehabilitation of prisoners.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
439 c303-48WH 
Session
2005-06
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Fiona Mactaggart | 439 c346-8WH;439 c347-8WH (Link to this contribution) : As the hon. Lady knows, we are conducting a pilot of satellite tracking. She would not expect me t...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c346WH;439 c347WH (Link to this contribution) : I agree with the Minister entirely, but the success of an HDC depends on the back-up services that...
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Fiona Mactaggart | 439 c344-6WH;439 c345-7WH (Link to this contribution) : On 22 November, we will launch that series of alliances. Transco will, effectively, be the leader ...
John Denham | 439 c344WH;439 c345WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend the Member for City of Durham also mentioned Transco, which the Minister touched on...
Fiona Mactaggart | 439 c343-4WH;439 c344-5WH (Link to this contribution) : Forgive me. The hon. Member for Banbury (Mr. Baldry) will recall why I accuse him of being the Mem...
Fiona Mactaggart | 439 c341-2WH;439 c342-3WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Lady said earlier that she heard the speech that the Home Secretary gave to the all-party...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c341WH;439 c342WH (Link to this contribution) : Is the Minister saying that she will look favourably on creating new, smaller prisons that are clo...
Fiona Mactaggart | 439 c340-1WH;439 c341-2WH (Link to this contribution) : I have not set a target. Earlier, I talked about focusing on the individual prisoner; I suspect th...
Nick Hurd | 439 c340WH;439 c341WH (Link to this contribution) : If 24 hours is not good enough, but a nine-to-five day is not practical, what is a reasonable aspi...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c338-9WH (Link to this contribution) : Those 1,500 prisoners are generally long-term prisoners close to their release dates, so that work...
Fiona Mactaggart | 439 c339WH;439 c340WH (Link to this contribution) : We need to do better. Work is not the only positive activity. For a number of prisoners, education...
John Denham | 439 c339-40WH;439 c340-1WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to my hon. Friend for dealing with this point head on. In many ways, nine to five is...
Fiona Mactaggart | 439 c340WH;439 c341WH (Link to this contribution) : My right hon. Friend is right that things such as predictability and organisation, and teaching pr...
Fiona Mactaggart | 439 c340WH;439 c340WH (Link to this contribution) : She certainly ran the team—that was obvious. She was older than the others, and she kept them in t...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c304WH (Link to this contribution) I thought that the right hon. Gentleman would be interested in some figures. In March, when the Gove...
John Denham | 439 c303-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to initiate this debate on the Select Committee's report on the rehabilitation of priso...
David Leslie Taylor | 439 c306WH (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is talking about the rehabilitation of offenders and the Rehabilitation of Offe...
John Denham | 439 c304-6WH (Link to this contribution) : Fluctuations will happen from month to month. We said in the report that the Government's longer-t...
John Denham | 439 c306-7WH (Link to this contribution) : As we say throughout our report, a number of good policy and strategy papers have been produced by...
John Denham | 439 c310WH;439 c310-1WH (Link to this contribution) : That is an interesting point. Functional illiteracy among the prison population is a major issue; ...
Baroness Featherstone | 439 c310WH (Link to this contribution) A Basic Skills Agency report found that up to 80 per cent. of prisoners were functionally illiterate...
John Denham | 439 c309-10WH;439 c310WH (Link to this contribution) : Of course, there has been a dramatic expansion in the number of probation officers over the past f...
David Leslie Taylor | 439 c309WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman has reached the important section of the report that deals with end-to-end sent...
Baroness Kramer | 439 c311-2WH;439 c312WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman may not know that Latchmere resettlement prison, which is in my constituency, has...
James Clappison | 439 c311WH;439 c311-2WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that we have this opportunity to debate the report. It is an important report, and I ...
John Denham | 439 c308-9WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point. I am sorry to say that I am not satisfi...
Ian Taylor | 439 c308WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the right hon. Gentleman for not being able to stay for the rest of the debate for co...
John Denham | 439 c307-8WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman, who is a very constructive member of the Committee, is absolutely right; there...
James Clappison | 439 c307WH (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman made an important point when he outlines one of the economic benefits of tr...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c312-3WH (Link to this contribution) : Given the work that he has done on the Select Committee, does my hon. Friend agree that when women...
David Drew | 439 c312WH (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may introduce chapter 12 of the report, which is about women in prisons. Stroud is next do...
James Clappison | 439 c312WH;439 c312-3WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman makes a valuable point about women and work. Moving women around the system is ...
James Clappison | 439 c312WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to the hon. Lady for that contribution. We could not visit all the prisons and we di...
Janet Dean | 439 c316-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that we have this opportunity to debate the report on the rehabilitation of prisoners, ...
Nick Hurd | 439 c313WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my hon. Friend, the Chairman and other members of the Select Committee on focusing on...
James Clappison | 439 c313-6WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend makes an important point; he has an important interest in this issue because of his...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c313WH (Link to this contribution) : Often, the children have to be taken into care and that starts the cycle again. It is therefore im...
James Clappison | 439 c313WH (Link to this contribution) : I am absolutely delighted that my hon. Friend, who serves on the Opposition Front Bench, is puttin...
Nick Hurd | 439 c318WH;439 c319WH (Link to this contribution) : The report acknowledged that there is a public relations challenge in getting across to the public...
Janet Dean | 439 c318-9WH (Link to this contribution) : I think that the hon. Gentleman has been reading my notes because I was just about to say that we ...
Tony Baldry | 439 c319-21WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Burton (Mrs. Dean), my hon. Friend the Member for Hertsmere (Mr. Clappison) and ...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c321WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend might be interested to know that foreign nationals make up more than 10 per cent. o...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c318WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Lady touches on a point that is close to my heart. Does she agree that it is worrying tha...
Janet Dean | 439 c318WH;439 c318-9WH (Link to this contribution) : Yes, I would agree with that. Isolation and imprisonment for women causes more problems because mo...
Tony Baldry | 439 c321WH (Link to this contribution) : Whether the figure is 10, 11 or 12 per cent., it is a significant percentage. We should make it cl...
John Denham | 439 c321WH;439 c322WH (Link to this contribution) : I have a genuine query. Although I chaired the Committee, I may have misunderstood the report. My ...
Tony Baldry | 439 c321-4WH;439 c322-4WH (Link to this contribution) : The right hon. Gentleman reinforces my position. At present, the courts decide whether a person sh...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 439 c324-5WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Select Committee on its excellent and timely report. I thank my right hon. Friend...
Baroness Kramer | 439 c326WH (Link to this contribution) : I have talked with my local prison governor, the local police and local community safety staff. Al...
Nick Hurd | 439 c326WH;439 c326-7WH (Link to this contribution) : I thank the hon. Lady for that comment. I am not in a position to address her point, but I hope th...
Nick Hurd | 439 c325WH (Link to this contribution) I did not serve on the Committee, I have no prison in my constituency and, as will become painfully ...
Baroness Featherstone | 439 c328WH;439 c329WH (Link to this contribution) : We can learn our lesson from Germany. It is clearly succeeding where we are not. Extending the use...
Baroness Featherstone | 439 c327-8WH;439 c327-9WH (Link to this contribution) I too welcome the report and add my congratulations to the Committee and to the Chair. My party's po...
James Clappison | 439 c328WH;439 c329WH (Link to this contribution) : I am listening carefully to the hon. Lady. She mentioned prisoners being let out on day release an...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c328-9WH;439 c329WH (Link to this contribution) I do not know where to start. I usually do not have the luxury of so much time on my feet, but hon. ...
John Denham | 439 c331WH;439 c332WH (Link to this contribution) : I would like to reinforce that point. I hope that this view came across in my earlier comments. Th...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c329-31WH (Link to this contribution) : The Minister shares responsibility with Baroness Scotland in another place. No insult was intended...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c331-4WH;439 c332-4WH (Link to this contribution) : I am sympathetic to that intervention. I agree entirely. I suppose that I should have said this at...
John Denham | 439 c334WH;439 c335WH (Link to this contribution) : We were given an example as a Committee. We went to Aylesbury young offenders institution, where p...
Cheryl Gillan | 439 c334-6WH;439 c335-7WH (Link to this contribution) : Let me take the right hon. Gentleman back. I talked about the prison estate, the design council an...
Fiona Mactaggart | 439 c336-8WH;439 c337-9WH (Link to this contribution) : I thank the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) for the gracious remarks at the end...
Subjects
Prisoners Rehabilitation
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