Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 5 December 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Jack Straw.

Prisons (Carter Review)

Statement on the prisons review carried out by Lord Carter of Coles.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 468 c827-40
Session: 2007-08
Department: Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Prisons
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Proceeding contributions: Lord Herbert of South Downs | 468 c830-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for sight of the report and his statement, just over an hour ago. All...; Jack Straw | 468 c827-30 (Link to this contribution) With permission, I should like to make a statement on the report of the prisons review carried out b...; David Heath | 468 c833-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Lord Chancellor for early sight of the statement, and I echo his tribute to prison offic...; Jack Straw | 468 c833 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for his support, and for all the work that he did in developin...; Lord Blunkett | 468 c833 (Link to this contribution) I commend Lord Carter for his second report on this matter, and my right hon. Friend for his respons...; Jack Straw | 468 c831-3 (Link to this contribution) That was nonsense from beginning to end. I note that the hon. Gentleman did not dispute the fact tha...; Jack Straw | 468 c840 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to write to the hon. Gentleman with the details. Most of the prisons are entirely new bui...; Jack Straw | 468 c840 (Link to this contribution) Yes. If one looks at the map, it is patent that, while north-west England—my area—has many prisons, ...; Nick Hurd | 468 c840 (Link to this contribution) Can the Lord Chancellor clarify how many of the 10,500 new places will be new cells?; Adam Price | 468 c840 (Link to this contribution) Greater proximity to home and family networks is, as the right hon. Member for Leeds, West (John Bat...; Jack Straw | 468 c839 (Link to this contribution) If you do not mind my saying so, Mr. Speaker, the hon. Gentleman could take some lessons from his Co...; Roberta Blackman-Woods | 468 c839-40 (Link to this contribution) With three prisons and a youth offender institution in my constituency, I greatly welcome the statem...; Brian Jenkins | 468 c838 (Link to this contribution) It is a sad day for our society when we have to announce extra prison places. However, I welcome the...; Jack Straw | 468 c838 (Link to this contribution) Many health care centres, for example in Preston, which is an old prison but has transformed its hea...; John Battle | 468 c837 (Link to this contribution) At Armley prison in my constituency, 50 people a day go in and 50 a day come out. Nationally, one in...; Jack Straw | 468 c837 (Link to this contribution) I commend my right hon. Friend for his work, and yes is the answer to his question about whether I w...; Keith Simpson | 468 c837-8 (Link to this contribution) The Lord Chancellor announced the establishment of a category C prison in the former RAF base at Col...; Jack Straw | 468 c838 (Link to this contribution) I understand that there has been some uncertainty for the local community. I hope that it may be rel...; Jack Straw | 468 c837 (Link to this contribution) We all wish to see the number of young people in prison reduced if that is consistent with what the ...; Gregory Campbell | 468 c837 (Link to this contribution) The report proposes a large increase in prison building. When considering any prison estate review, ...; Jack Straw | 468 c837 (Link to this contribution) As I am also Lord Chancellor of Northern Ireland, I discussed those matters when I visited the court...; Jack Straw | 468 c835 (Link to this contribution) If we can deal with offenders outside the prison system, we should, but I repeat that it is not for ...; George Howarth | 468 c835-6 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, and particularly the implicit recognition that offenders...; Jack Straw | 468 c835 (Link to this contribution) None of us wants to send people to prison just for the sake of it, but prison is there to deal with ...; Lord Beith | 468 c835 (Link to this contribution) Does the Lord Chancellor recognise that short periods of custody are notoriously ineffective for dea...; Jack Straw | 468 c836 (Link to this contribution) I try to be ecumenical, but the right hon. and learned Gentleman was Home Secretary during a period ...; Julie Morgan | 468 c837 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, and in particular the changes to indeterminate sentences...; Jack Straw | 468 c836 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's approval of the recommendations; he comes to the matter with a grea...; Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 468 c836 (Link to this contribution) Surely the proposal by Lord Carter of a sentencing commission is based on the rather extraordinary p...; Jack Straw | 468 c834 (Link to this contribution) I agree that one test of sentencing policy is what works. I also agree that short-term sentences hav...; Neil Gerrard | 468 c834-5 (Link to this contribution) I have to say that I found my right hon. Friend's statement rather depressing in its assumption that...; Norman Lamb | 468 c838-9 (Link to this contribution) Like the hon. Member for Mid-Norfolk (Mr. Simpson), my interest is based on the location of former R...; Jack Straw | 468 c840 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that commitment. I hope that she is looking forward to the publicatio...
Subjects: Construction Finance Parole Prisons National Offender Management Service Sentencing Shipping Reviews HM Prison Service HMP Bure Prison officers HMP Wealstun RAF Coltishall
Contains statistics: Yes
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Prisons (Carter Review)

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