Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Andrew Selous and Stella Creasy

Tuesday 3rd February 2015 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Selous]

The hon. Lady is absolutely right that prison officers are front-line public servants who keep us safe, and I have told her how seriously I take this issue. I read the reports on a daily basis, and I can assure her that they affect me as much as they do her and everyone else in the House. We are taking action in three areas: a wider range of punishments to crack down on the use of new psychoactive substances; the new protocol—it has never happened before—between the CPS and police forces to ensure that prisoners who attack staff or other prisoners spend longer behind bars; and an increased use of body-worn cameras. All that will help.

[Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op)]

11. What steps he is taking to support victims of crime.