Ministerial statement on Monday, 27 April 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Jack Straw.

Prisons and Probation

Statement on prisons and probation.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 491 c569-80
Session: 2008-09
Department: Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Prison Estates
Tuesday, 27 October 2009
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Proceeding contributions: Jack Straw | 491 c579-80 (Link to this contribution) One man's populism is another man's or woman's democracy. I say to my hon. Friend, who shares a vall...; Jack Straw | 491 c580 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with the right hon. and learned Gentleman in all the points he makes. One of the va...; Jack Straw | 491 c575 (Link to this contribution) I note what the hon. Gentleman has said and I now look forward to every Liberal Democrat "Focus" lea...; Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top | 491 c574 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my right hon. Friend's statement, especially his commitment to dealing more sensitively th...; Jack Straw | 491 c573-4 (Link to this contribution) Let me respond to the hon. and learned Gentleman's points. First, on leaks, I can tell him—if he had...; Jack Straw | 491 c569-71 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall make a statement on prisons and probation. Let me begin by pa...; Jack Straw | 491 c577 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can give my hon. Friend that assurance. As far as this Government are concerned, that is an a...; George Mudie | 491 c578 (Link to this contribution) I would have liked to ask the Secretary of State why he thinks locking up an additional 25,000 peopl...; Jack Straw | 491 c578 (Link to this contribution) I am very well aware of the concern of parliamentary colleagues and the probation services across th...; James Brokenshire | 491 c578 (Link to this contribution) The Beam Reach business park in Rainham in my constituency was actively being considered as a potent...; Jack Straw | 491 c579 (Link to this contribution) It will not be an open prison and it will not be a category A prison. For different reasons, open pr...; Jack Straw | 491 c576 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will recognise that we have announced the two sites today, and a list was made pu...; Helen Southworth | 491 c577 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is well aware that my constituents want the Omega site in Warrington to develop...; Viscount Hailsham | 491 c580 (Link to this contribution) May I say to the Justice Secretary that he is quite right to jettison Titans? I noted in the stateme...; David Howarth | 491 c574-5 (Link to this contribution) I also thank the Secretary of State for early sight of his statement—and for the advance warning I g...; Dominic Grieve | 491 c571-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Justice Secretary for advance sight of his statement. I join him in paying tribute to th...; John Bercow | 491 c570 (Link to this contribution) You're a great man!; Bob Russell | 491 c577-8 (Link to this contribution) The Justice Secretary has announced today that there will be five prisons, each holding 1,500 offend...; Jack Straw | 491 c578 (Link to this contribution) We have no plans to build additional prisons in Essex, apart from the ones that have been announced....; Alun Michael | 491 c576 (Link to this contribution) I know that the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Sir Alan Beith), as the Chairman of the Se...; Neil Gerrard | 491 c576-7 (Link to this contribution) According to a statement on page 125 of the Red Book, published last week,""all new-build prisons wi...; Jack Straw | 491 c576 (Link to this contribution) The answer to all my right hon. Friend's questions is yes. I am very committed to restorative justic...; Simon Burns | 491 c576 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State confirm that Boreham airfield was also on the list for consideration as ...; Jack Straw | 491 c577 (Link to this contribution) The answer is yes to the hon. Gentleman's first question. That is still our intention. The answer to...; Jack Straw | 491 c577 (Link to this contribution) The answer to my hon. Friend's last question is an emphatic yes; they will be open to competition fr...; Lord Cormack | 491 c577 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Secretary of State and Lord Chancellor whether it is still the intention to build a pr...; Speaker | 491 c580 (Link to this contribution) Order.; Jack Straw | 491 c574 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for her approval of what I have said. It is important that the...; Gordon Prentice | 491 c579 (Link to this contribution) Is not asking the public what offenders should do as part of the community payback scheme the worst ...
Subjects: Contracts Cost effectiveness Construction Competition Private sector Prisons Public sector Probation Standards HMP Belmarsh HMP Manchester HMP Wolds Civil society HMP Bure Probation boards Probation trusts HMP Blakenhurst Barking and Dagenham HMP Birmingham HMP Hewell HMP Littlehey HMP/YOI Doncaster HMP Buckley Hall HMP Wellingborough Maghull Runwell
Contains statistics: Yes
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