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Written Question
Prisons: Ministers of Religion
Wednesday 30th October 2024

Asked by: Lord Singh of Wimbledon (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of a reduction in prison chaplaincy service provision on the ability of faith advisers to provide an equitable service to prisoners and their families.

Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

There has been no reduction in prison chaplaincy provision or in the role of faith advisers, who continue to play a vital part in advising chaplains and staff on specific matters of faith or belief and the endorsement of nominated chaplains in HMPPS.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2022
Prisons: Releasing Women into Safe and Secure Housing

"My Lords, I declare an interest as head of the Sikh prison chaplaincy service. Prison chaplains can play an important role in rehabilitation. Does the Minister agree that smaller faiths should have the same access to prisoners, in education, pastoral care and so on, as the larger faiths?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Feb 2022
Criminal Justice: Royal Commission

"My Lords, I refer to my interest as director of the Sikh prison chaplaincy service. Reducing reoffending should be a central aim in any criminal justice system. Does the Minister agree that chaplains of all faiths can play an important role in this by giving purpose and direction to offenders? …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 22 Oct 2021
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]

"My Lords, today we live in an increasingly selfish and uncaring society, in which euphemisms such as “assisted dying” for “assisted suicide” and, unbelievably, “compassion” have all been used to justify a Bill that I believe demeans society and pressurises the vulnerable to take their own lives.

The moral slide …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 28 Jun 2021
Marriage and Religious Weddings

"My Lords, does the Minister agree with the words of a Christian hymn that

“New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth”,


and that religion and religious teachings should be interpreted in the context of today’s times and the recognition of full gender equality? Does he agree …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 Jul 2016
Right to Die

"My Lords, social as well as medical factors can influence a decision to live, and greedy or uncaring relatives can easily influence that decision—we hear about that every day in the press and in care homes. Does the Minister agree that greater efforts should be made to show that we …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 18 Jul 2014
Assisted Dying Bill [HL]

"My Lords, the Bill is flawed on many counts. In attempting to show compassion to a few, it neglects due compassion to many thousands of others. It has created immense fear in vulnerable people that they are being seen as a problem by society, with consequent damage to their sense …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 17 Jan 2013
Defamation Bill

"On that point, it is the litigant from abroad that I am concerned about, not the defendant in this country—a litigant with substantial funds...."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 17 Jan 2013
Defamation Bill

"My Lords, this whole amendment is concerned with protection against those domiciled abroad using their wealth and remoteness to chill freedom of expression in the UK. It could be that the wording is clumsy. I will come back to that. It is intended to be applicable equally to wealthy businesses …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Thu 17 Jan 2013
Defamation Bill

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