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Prisons Competition

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

526 c526-36 

Session

2010-12

Department

Ministry of Justice

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Proceeding contributions

Henry Smith | 526 c536 (Link to this contribution) I strongly welcome the awarding of two of the prison contracts to Crawley-based G4S. Can the Secreta...

Speaker | 526 c536 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State and colleagues for their co-operation.

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Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c536 (Link to this contribution) G4S has done very well in this particular round. It had some strong competitors, which will no doubt...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c536 (Link to this contribution) That is provided for in the contract and I very much hope it will be the case. Like my hon. Friend, ...

Rob Wilson | 526 c536 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Secretary of State on his statement, and I particularly welcome the savings to th...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c535 (Link to this contribution) TUPE is part of the law of the country, but the hon. Gentleman probably knows that there is currentl...

Dennis Skinner | 526 c534 (Link to this contribution) Following on from the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McD...

Rehman Chishti | 526 c534 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Secretary of State's statement. Can he confirm that armed forces personnel are being t...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c535 (Link to this contribution) None has been terminated due to poor performance, as far as I am aware.

Nadhim Zahawi | 526 c535 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State tell the House how many contracts awarded to private sector contractors ...

Tom Brake | 526 c535 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree that localism is as important in the prison sector as anywhere els...

Gavin Williamson | 526 c535 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my right hon. and learned Friend is aware that not only Featherstone 2 but Feathersto...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c534 (Link to this contribution) I would not like to guarantee that for any prison in the country. In far too many prisons drugs are,...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c534 (Link to this contribution) The answer is 11%, and that is one of the many things that surprised me when I started in this offic...

Paul Flynn | 526 c534 (Link to this contribution) To underline his claim that prisons are well run, will the right hon. and learned Gentleman remind t...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c533 (Link to this contribution) We are out to consultation at the moment on the Green Paper on sentencing in general and we floated ...

John McDonnell | 526 c533 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State may consider that privatisation is no longer controversial within this House ...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c533 (Link to this contribution) I have every respect for the hon. Gentleman's opinions, in which he has always been consistent. He h...

Matthew Offord | 526 c533-4 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the statement, and agree that there is consensus in the House about this. I see that three...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c532 (Link to this contribution) I will consult those who negotiated the details of the contracts and write to my hon. Friend with an...

Elfyn Llwyd | 526 c532 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State will be aware of the recent report on HMP Bronzefield, a privately run women'...

Ben Gummer | 526 c533 (Link to this contribution) I enormously welcome the statement by my right hon. and learned Friend. Given the cross-party suppor...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c531-2 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend, and I was immensely encouraged by what I saw on my visit to Pe...

George Howarth | 526 c532 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the inclusion of reoffending rates in the Doncaster contract. Can the Secretary of State a...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c532 (Link to this contribution) I think I can. A cohort will be allocated rather than some carefully selected group, so a positive r...

David Nuttall | 526 c532 (Link to this contribution) I too welcome the statement from my right hon. and learned Friend. Further to the previous question,...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c531 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend is right. There are two major voluntary parties with which the provider at Donc...

Simon Danczuk | 526 c531 (Link to this contribution) It is important to put on the record the fact that my constituents and staff at Buckley Hall prison ...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c531 (Link to this contribution) I think I can give the assurances that the hon. Gentleman requires. As far as I am aware, the public...

Lord Jackson of Peterborough | 526 c531 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome my right hon. and learned Friend's statement, and I know that he and his ministeria...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c530 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman was indeed involved in the competition process, so he cannot start protesti...

Lord Beith | 526 c530-1 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Lord Chancellor's decision to build reducing reoffending into the Doncaster contract, ...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c526-7 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement. The House will be aware that in 200...

Lord Khan of Tooting | 526 c527-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of today's statement, and I welcome its tenor and h...

Peter Bone | 526 c530 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State's announcement will be widely welcomed in Wellingborough. Is he aware that th...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c530 (Link to this contribution) I join my hon. Friend in congratulating the staff at Wellingborough, because they face a difficult s...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c528-30 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, because I was interested to see whether the Labour party ...

Speaker | 526 c530 (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind the House of the pressure on time and the consequent need for brevity.

Lord Hanson of Flint | 526 c530 (Link to this contribution) As the Prisons Minister at the time the decision was made to undertake the market testing, I can con...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c536 (Link to this contribution) As I have said, I do not think it is possible to draw general conclusions such as ““private sector g...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c534 (Link to this contribution) Yes, and there always used to be military contingency plans, because Governments must have contingen...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c535 (Link to this contribution) I agree that localism is extremely important in this field, and I think it will be preserved because...

Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 526 c532-3 (Link to this contribution) Her Majesty's inspectorate of prisons does extremely valuable work and over the years, and has expos...

Subjects

Contracts Competition Finance Private sector Prisons Management Public expenditure National Offender Management Service HM Prison Service G4S HMP Birmingham Serco HMP Wellingborough HMP Oakwood HMP/YOI Doncaster HMP Buckley Hall

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