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Department: Ministry of Justice
Tuesday 9th October 2018

(5 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Edward Argar Portrait Edward Argar
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My hon. Friend raises an important point; she has done a lot of work in this area and more broadly around mental health. Sport can play a significant role in addressing mental health issues in prison, but so too can arts, education and others approaches, as she highlights. If she feels that it would be useful, I would be happy to meet her to discuss further her visit and what she took away from it.

Ed Davey Portrait Sir Edward Davey (Kingston and Surbiton) (LD)
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I am glad that the Minister prefers sport to chain gangs, but can he tell the House when the use of sport for prisoner rehabilitation will be the norm, rather than the exception?