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Written Statements
Report of the Independent Reviewer for National Security Arrangements 2023 - Thu 16 May 2024
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Chris Heaton-Harris (Con - Daventry) this, it had remained at SEVERE for over a decade.The primary target for DR groups remains PSNI and prison - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Marlesford (Con - Life peer) Rents set by rent officers were extremely low, often providing zero return on capital, and cash flow - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) be extended to prevent blanket bans on other groups which have experienced discrimination, such as prison - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Cunningham (Lab - Stockton North) Prison governors and custody officers are accordingly placed in an invidious position. - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) I declare an interest as an honorary life member of the Prison Officers Association. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Eighth sitting)
Committee stage: 8th sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Kirsten Oswald (SNP - East Renfrewshire) We also heard from the chief medical officers, who were uniformly keen that sports should be a positive - Speech Link
2: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) addition, there are tough penalties in place for those who break our rules, including unlimited fines and prison - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 14 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Mary Robinson (Con - Cheadle) Managing prison capacity is in part about ensuring that we have enough prison officers, but being a prison - Speech Link
2: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) Prison officers are the absolute backbone of the system, and it is absolutely right that we should recruit - Speech Link
3: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) I was interested to note that, although there is a full complement of officers, the prison simply is - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Tobacco and Vapes Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Tue 14 May 2024
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) That includes Government Departments, prisons run by His Majesty’s prison service and members of the - Speech Link
2: Andrea Leadsom (Con - South Northamptonshire) an offence for someone under the age of 18 to buy or attempt to buy these products, and that police officers - Speech Link
3: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) fixed penalty notices, convictions and restricted premises and sales orders that had been given by officers - Speech Link
4: Preet Kaur Gill (LAB - Birmingham, Edgbaston) Trading standards officers rely on the MHRA’s notification publication to identify illicit vaping products - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Parc Prison - Tue 14 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) intelligence on drug entry points and movements within the prison. - Speech Link
2: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) Prison staff are being targeted to smuggle drugs into our prisons. - Speech Link
3: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) I accept that that may not be popular with everyone, or with prison officers, as it may be said to betoken - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Palestinians: Visa Scheme - Mon 13 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) Given that the Foreign Secretary is on the record well in the past of referring to Gaza as an “open-air prison - Speech Link
2: George Galloway (WPB - Rochdale) they might want to mitigate in some way, leaving aside the fact that hundreds of our soldiers, police officers - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Parc Prison - Mon 13 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Chris Elmore (Lab - Ogmore) We must ensure the prison officers who have had to deal with the deaths over the past nine to 10 weeks - Speech Link
2: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) They need to be supported by experienced officers to enable them to perform to the best of their ability.Spice - Speech Link
3: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) officers, but any staff.More broadly, we have body scanners in operation at this prison for visitors - Speech Link
4: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) staff and prison officers who are impacted by a death in custody. - Speech Link
5: Richard Foord (LD - Tiverton and Honiton) Does the Minister feel satisfied that officers and inmates will be safe from prisoners at HMP Parc? - Speech Link


Written Statements
HMP Wandsworth - Mon 13 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) specific concerns about HMP Wandsworth, and the inspection is assessed against the following healthy prison - Speech Link