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Reoffending

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

471 c137-64WH 

Session

2007-08

Department

Ministry of Justice

Chamber / Committee

Westminster Hall

Proceeding contributions

Lord Bellingham | 471 c164WH (Link to this contribution) Is it still the Government's intention, if they can find a cost-effective way of using C-NOMIS as th...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c164WH (Link to this contribution) We were in a number of phases of rolling out the end-to-end offender management system, and the comp...

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Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c158-61WH (Link to this contribution) We have heard some helpful contributions to the debate. There is some common ground between the offi...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c161-3WH (Link to this contribution) I certainly will. I refer the hon. Lady to page 20 of the ““Prison policy update”” briefing paper. I...

Jenny Willott | 471 c161WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister confirm that when the Government look at community sentences, they will ensure tha...

Nigel Evans | 471 c150-1WH (Link to this contribution) It can also make communities safer and more attractive places in which to live. Like me, I am sure t...

Jenny Willott | 471 c151WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. Some interesting projects have been undertaken in my constituency. Graffiti removal, lit...

Lord Bellingham | 471 c151-2WH (Link to this contribution) This certainly has been an interesting debate. My party welcomes it, but we regret to some extent th...

Jenny Willott | 471 c152WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that that is worrying in areas such as Wales, where there is no women'...

Nigel Evans | 471 c148WH (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady congratulate Life Education on the work that it does throughout schools? It deals...

Jenny Willott | 471 c148-50WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman. There are some interesting pilots and programmes across the UK, and I sh...

Nigel Evans | 471 c150WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady agree that we must consider the victims of the crime, as well, and that we should...

Jenny Willott | 471 c150WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely—I agree with the hon. Gentleman. Before getting elected to this place, I ran Victim Suppo...

Jenny Willott | 471 c147-8WH (Link to this contribution) As we all know, and as has been acknowledged today, we have a major problem with prison overcrowding...

Jenny Willott | 471 c157WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman share my concern that the long period of lock-down—it will last from lunch t...

Lord Bellingham | 471 c157-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am concerned about that. In HMP Whitemoor near my constituency, there has been an alarming increas...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c155WH (Link to this contribution) Again, has the hon. Gentleman made any assessment in his initial thoughts on this matter of the impa...

Lord Bellingham | 471 c155-7WH (Link to this contribution) We have launched a consultation and obviously consideration of the impact on prison places will be a...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c154WH (Link to this contribution) No, I am asking whether the hon. Gentleman has a cost for rolling out the programme to 141 prisons a...

Lord Bellingham | 471 c154-5WH (Link to this contribution) We are not in government; we are the Opposition and it is our job to question the Minister and hold ...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c154WH (Link to this contribution) I would be grateful if the hon. Gentleman gave a costing for that commitment to roll out the system ...

Lord Bellingham | 471 c154WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to hear that. It proves—

Lord Bellingham | 471 c153-4WH (Link to this contribution) I shall try to regain my thread after that short break. We were looking at the 2006-07 annual report...

Lord Bellingham | 471 c152-3WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is absolutely right. I was not aware that there are no women's prisons in Wales, so I ...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c137-8WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Illsley, for what I hope will be a productive debate on how we can p...

Nigel Evans | 471 c138WH (Link to this contribution) If I can catch your eye, Mr. Illsley, I hope to make a short contribution later detailing literacy a...

Nigel Evans | 471 c144-7WH (Link to this contribution) I am surprised that we are having yet more consultation. We know that we need extra places; we shoul...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c144WH (Link to this contribution) Before the hon. Gentleman gets carried down an unfruitful route, I refer him to today's statement, i...

Jenny Willott | 471 c140WH (Link to this contribution) Has the Minister had dealings with the Federation of Small Businesses? I have talked to representati...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c138-40WH (Link to this contribution) I am very concerned about that and Ministers have had meetings with officials during the last couple...

Lord Bellingham | 471 c138WH (Link to this contribution) Further to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Ribble Valley (Mr. Evans), I tabled a que...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c138WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. I cannot guarantee that no drugs will ever enter pr...

Nigel Evans | 471 c144WH (Link to this contribution) I am a little surprised that there is such a thin attendance in the Chamber today. I would have thou...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c141-4WH (Link to this contribution) In the spirit of co-operation, I agree with the hon. Gentleman, who makes a valid point. He is fully...

Lord Bellingham | 471 c141WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with the Minister that it is vital for prisoners to stay in touch with their families, parti...

Lord Hanson of Flint | 471 c140WH (Link to this contribution) It is important that we engage all sectors of the community, because small businesses can and do pro...

Subjects

Drugs Prisoners Prisons National Offender Management Service Rehabilitation Reoffenders HM Prison Service Literacy Numeracy

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