Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Andrew Selous and Stephen McPartland

Tuesday 26th January 2016 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Selous]

I thank my hon. Friend very much for his interest in this important area and am delighted to praise the work of Cleansheet and so many other organisations that try to get prisoners into work. A number of companies—Timpson, Halfords, the Clink restaurants, the Census Data Group, Aramark and many others I could mention—are rising to the challenge. We want many more to join them.

[Stephen McPartland]

Does the Minister agree that providing work—and the right sort of work—is the real key to an effective rehabilitation process for prisoners?