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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Domestic Abuse: Emergency Accommodation

"My Lords, it is just over 50 years since Erin Pizzey opened the first women’s refuge in Chiswick. I went there myself. At the time, about 1.5 women a week were being killed. That number has stayed remarkably consistent, despite government efforts of every stripe. If all those women in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Jan 2022
Taking Control of Goods (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

"My Lords, what we have here is a very serious issue. We already know that, since 2014, debtors have been incorrectly charged VAT when it has been ruled that this should instead be charged to the creditor. Although the Ministry of Justice clarified in its March 2020 and November 2021 …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 22 Oct 2021
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]

"My Lords, I rise to support this Bill very strongly. I also strongly support the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Mallalieu: this should be an issue on which the whole House can vote.

Like many noble Lords, I have received letters on this. At the end of the …..."
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Written Question
Prisons: Food
Tuesday 5th March 2019

Asked by: Baroness Boycott (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost of food per prisoner, per day, in prisons in England and Wales.

Answered by Lord Keen of Elie - Shadow Minister (Justice)

Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) allocates food budgets to prisons based on £2.02 per prisoner per day, which covers the daily prisoner food and beverage requirements.

With increased responsibilities to Governors since April 2017, and devolved budgets to prisons, what is spent on food per prisoner per day and the breakdown per meals is ultimately a decision for each Governor and their catering team, and therefore individual prison food budgets may vary.

The food budget for prisoners within privately managed prisons is agreed in the contract between the provider and the Ministry of Justice, the details of which are commercially sensitive. This is reviewed regularly.