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Debate between Crispin Blunt and Ian C. Lucas
Tuesday 31st January 2012

(12 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Ian C. Lucas Portrait Ian Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab)
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How is it that an individual on remand for murder can hang himself while in custody? Will the Secretary of State hold an urgent inquiry?

Crispin Blunt Portrait Mr Blunt
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Of course, in all these cases there are immediate operational inquiries, and then there are proper coroners’ inquiries. In all such cases, there will then be an inquiry by the prisons and probation ombudsman. These matters are taken extremely seriously. The number of self-inflicted deaths in custody has been falling, but there have been a number of tragic cases recently. Of course, we will look at all this extremely seriously.

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