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Westminster Hall
Self-identification of Gender - Wed 21 Nov 2018
Home Office

Mentions:
1: David T C Davies (CON - Monmouth) whether there had been any change to the guidance given to prison authorities about housing transgender prisoners - Speech Link
2: Lilian Greenwood (LAB - Nottingham South) Gentleman appears to argue that women prisoners need protection only from trans women. - Speech Link
3: David T C Davies (CON - Monmouth) could, but the reality is that the vast majority of sexual assaults are carried out by males against females - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Drugs Policy - Tue 23 Oct 2018
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Ronnie Cowan (SNP - Inverclyde) prison in my constituency—I was talking to its governor two or three weeks ago—and the majority of the prisoners - Speech Link
2: Grahame Morris (LAB - Easington) More than 40% of prisoners have used heroin.Dealing with one problematic adult drugs user costs society - Speech Link
3: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The number of deaths among both males and females continues to rise, and that is due to many things, - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 09 Oct 2018
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: James Heappey (CON - Wells) Despite progress in some prisons, too many prisoners still leave custody without a bank account, which - Speech Link
2: Nigel Huddleston (CON - Mid Worcestershire) The Right Course is a programme set up by celebrity maître d’ Fred Sirieix, which helps train prisoners - Speech Link
3: David Gauke (IND - South West Hertfordshire) There are particular issues for females offenders in respect of the nature of the offences and the issues - Speech Link
4: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) Yesterday I attended the launch at Chester cathedral of an impressive display of artwork by prisoners - Speech Link
5: David Gauke (IND - South West Hertfordshire) prisoners in the act of violence to stop. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Justice: Women’s Centres - Wed 12 Sep 2018
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (CON - Life peer) I pay tribute to the fact that the numbers have fallen so far: 5% of prisoners, 4,000 people. - Speech Link
2: Lord Dholakia (LDEM - Life peer) is unlikely to build the confidence that is needed to achieve effective rehabilitation.The number of prisoners - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 06 Mar 2018
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Phillip Lee (LDEM - Bracknell) The abuse and coercion of females, invariably by males, through the court process is wrong and not acceptable - Speech Link
2: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) The institution has been deemed unsafe for both staff and prisoners. - Speech Link
3: Rory Stewart (IND - Penrith and The Border) There are currently about 85,000 prisoners within the estate, so having 1,000 extra prisoners in Wales - Speech Link
4: Maria Caulfield (CON - Lewes) What recent steps his Department has taken to increase family contact for prisoners. - Speech Link
5: Rory Stewart (IND - Penrith and The Border) That is partly, of course, about the prisoners’ entitlement to two visits a month. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Mental Health in Prisons - Wed 10 Jan 2018
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Marie Rimmer (LAB - St Helens South and Whiston) It is not right that we house prisoners in such horrendous conditions. - Speech Link
2: Gavin Robinson (DUP - Belfast East) Cells of exactly the same size now regularly hold two or four prisoners. - Speech Link
3: Madeleine Moon (LAB - Bridgend) He has shown that both males and females often enter prison with psychiatric disorders, sometimes with - Speech Link
4: Lisa Cameron (SNP - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow) There is a high volume of prisoners in short-stay prisons. - Speech Link
5: Afzal Khan (LAB - Manchester, Gorton) One of the causes of concern is the impact on black and Muslim prisoners. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
International Men’s Day - Tue 14 Nov 2017
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Steve Double (CON - St Austell and Newquay) One shocking statistic is that 76% of all male prisoners come from households without a father figure - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Organization (WHO) data shows that, globally, male life expectancy at birth in 2015 was 69 years; for females - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (CON - Congleton) Governors are now encouraged, where they can, to house prisoners closer to their families and to have - Speech Link
4: Colin Clark (CON - Gordon) Promoting that role model is important to males and females. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Middle East (IRC Report) - Tue 04 Jul 2017
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (CB - Life peer) special representative on sexual violence in conflict, has authenticated reports of Christian and Yazidi females—girls - Speech Link
2: Baroness Deech (CB - Life peer) Government are turning a blind eye, or colluding with payment of taxpayers’ money to support terrorists and prisoners - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
International Women’s Day - Thu 02 Mar 2017
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Tulip Siddiq (LAB - Hampstead and Kilburn) That is not a good excuse; we must ensure that the needs of female prisoners are met.It was no surprise - Speech Link
2: Caroline Dinenage (CON - Gosport) The reason we are having this debate is that there are so many more females MPs, and that is the only - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 30 Jan 2017
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: John Nicolson (SNP - Ochil and South Perthshire) The new American President supports the torture of prisoners of war. - Speech Link
2: Christina Rees (IND - Neath) What steps is the Secretary of State taking to encourage more females to join the Sea Cadets? - Speech Link