Appearances and Speeches

I am grateful to the hon. Lady, and I hope that through her I can pass on my sympathies and condolences to her constituent.

We are committed to improving mental health outcomes for prisoners, including recruiting additional staff, because having adequate staffing

The hon. Lady raises an important point.

We have increased funding for the probation service by £155 million a year to recruit more staff, bring down caseloads and deliver better su

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for both his question and the tone in which he asks it.

My hon. Friend makes an interesting suggestion. I am happy to meet him, if that would be helpful, to discuss further his ideas.

If the hon.

I shall certainly be happy to have that discussion with my hon. Friend if he feels that it would be useful.

I understand from my hon.

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