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Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 10 December 2014, in the House of Commons, led by John McDonnell. The answering member was Andrew Selous.


Prison Officers (Work-related Stress)

Agreed to on question.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
589 cc950-964 
Session
2014-15
Department
Ministry of Justice
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
John McDonnell | 589 c951 (Link to this contribution)

The background to the debate is the publication last month of a report on work-related stress and...

Chris Ruane | 589 c951 (Link to this contribution)

Last week I met representatives from the Prison Officers Association to discuss mindfulness in th...

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John McDonnell | 589 c951 (Link to this contribution)

I pay tribute to the work of my hon. Friend in this House in introducing mindfulness training for...

Chris Ruane | 589 c952 (Link to this contribution)

A new prison is to be built in Wrexham and the chief executive of North Wales health authority is...

John McDonnell | 589 c952 (Link to this contribution)

Given our concerns about that prison—a Titan prison that will house a larger number of prisoners ...

Elfyn Llwyd | 589 c952 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman warmly on obtaining this Adjournment debate. The Prison Service...

John McDonnell | 589 cc952-3 (Link to this contribution)

I know that the Minister cares about this issue, and I alerted him in advance of this debate that...

Ian Lavery | 589 c953 (Link to this contribution)

Does my hon. Friend agree that the Prison Service is not only in crisis, but is a powder keg? Som...

John McDonnell | 589 cc953-5 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend refers to the crisis in our prisons, which is a consistent theme coming out not ju...

Ian Lavery | 589 c955 (Link to this contribution)

Is it right that in 2014, we as a nation should be asking 68-year-old men and women to tackle som...

John McDonnell | 589 cc955-6 (Link to this contribution)

I fully agree with my hon. Friend. A question was put to prison officers in a survey, and 75% ind...

John Bercow | 589 c956 (Link to this contribution)

I gather that the right hon. Gentleman has the agreement of the Minister.

Elfyn Llwyd | 589 c956 (Link to this contribution)

Perhaps I could ask the Minister whether I have his agreement.

John Bercow | 589 cc956-7 (Link to this contribution)

It is the normal convention. The Minister is a very agreeable and agreeing sort of fellow, and so...

Elfyn Llwyd | 589 cc957-8 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to you, Mr Speaker, and, given the number of years that I have been in the House, I...

Chris Ruane | 589 cc958-960 (Link to this contribution)

I echo the thoughts of the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Mr Llwyd), and thank you, Mr...

Andrew Selous | 589 cc960-1 (Link to this contribution)

I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington (John McDonnell), who initiated the deb...

Ian Lavery | 589 c961 (Link to this contribution)

Does the Minister share my concerns about the situation at HMP Northumberland, which is in my are...

Andrew Selous | 589 cc961-6 (Link to this contribution)

Those who manage contracted prisons absolutely have a duty to make sure that they keep their staf...

Subjects
Prisons Violence HM Prison Service Stress Occupational health Prison officers
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