Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Kevin Brennan Excerpts
Wednesday 30th June 2010

(13 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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The Prime Minister was asked—
Kevin Brennan Portrait Kevin Brennan (Cardiff West) (Lab)
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Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 30 June.

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister (Mr David Cameron)
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This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in the House, I shall have further such meetings later today.

Kevin Brennan Portrait Kevin Brennan
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Is the reason that the Prime Minister wants to put fewer criminals in jail to do with cutting crime or cutting budgets?

Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Portrait The Prime Minister
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What the Government want to do is clear up the complete mess of the criminal justice system left by the Labour party. Each prison place today costs £45,000, yet 40% of prisoners are back in prison within a year, more than half of them are on drugs, and around 10% of them are foreign national prisoners, who should not be here in the first place.