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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 25 Apr 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"The all-party group on preventing modern slavery, chaired in an excellent manner by the sadly departing right hon. Member for Slough (Fiona Mactaggart), heard from the parents of a young man who had been imprisoned for 15 years as a slave. The culprits were sent to prison for only two …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 19 Apr 2017
Draft Non-Contentious Probate Fees Order 2017

"As a former Justice Minister, I am well aware of the constraints on the Ministry of Justice’s budget and the need to cover the cost of services. I know that my right hon. and learned Friend the Minister is very alert to all these issues, so can he say something …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Mar 2017
Prisons and Courts Bill

"I strongly welcome this Bill because it will help to improve the rehabilitation of offenders, which is at the heart of preventing more crime and keeping the public safe.

Prisons are the end of the line for maintaining law and order in this country, and we expect an awful lot …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Mar 2017
Prisons and Courts Bill

"I could not agree more with my hon. Friend. I have met Jim Davidson on a number of occasions, and I thoroughly commend the work of Care after Combat throughout the Prison Service.

Family work, which brings prisoners face to face with their enduring responsibilities to their families who are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Mar 2017
Prisons and Courts Bill

"I share the sentiments expressed by the hon. Lady, and my instincts are with hers. I have talked extensively to prison officers about the issue, and on occasions they have a relatively limited number of levers that they can use. I am with the hon. Lady, however. Family relationships are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Mar 2017
Prisons and Courts Bill

"At the very least, we need fairness across the system. What concerns me is that some local authorities have a blanket approach of telling ex-offenders to wait a couple of years. My local authority, Central Bedfordshire Council, has a very good policy. It is concerned about antisocial behaviour, and it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Mar 2017
Prisons and Courts Bill

"I very much do so, because so many of the other things that we want to do—improving prisoners’ education, getting them into work, keeping family links strong—depend, very naturally, on having somewhere to live.

I am concerned that offenders’ innocent family members are being unfairly and wrongly penalised by insurance …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 Mar 2017
Prisons and Courts Bill

"I am not sure whether the hon. Gentleman is aware, but the prison he has just praised to the rooftops is privately run by G4S...."
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Written Question
Prisons: Ministers of Religion
Wednesday 15th March 2017

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether there are vacancies for Anglican chaplains in prisons in (a) London, (b) Surrey and (c) Kent.

Answered by Sam Gyimah

There are currently vacancies for an Anglican Chaplain at HMP Brixton, (London), HMP Wandsworth (London) and HMP Standford Hill (Kent). The vacancies at Brixton and Standford Hill will be advertised; the vacancy at Wandsworth has been filled with a new appointee due to start on 1 April.

Written Question
Prisons: Ministers of Religion
Thursday 9th March 2017

Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) Anglican, (b) Roman Catholic, (c) Free Church, (d) Muslim, (e) Hindus, (f) Sikh, (g) Jewish and (h) other faiths chaplaincy vacancies there are in each prison in England and Wales.

Answered by Sam Gyimah

The information requested is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.