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Debate between Luke Myer and Mark Sewards
Tuesday 28th January 2025

(3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Luke Myer Portrait Luke Myer (Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland) (Lab)
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8. What steps her Department is taking to increase prison capacity.

Mark Sewards Portrait Mark Sewards (Leeds South West and Morley) (Lab)
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20. What steps her Department is taking to increase prison capacity.

Nicholas Dakin Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
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We took immediate action to prevent the collapse of the prison system by implementing SDS40. We are building 14,000 new prison places and have published our 10-year capacity strategy. We have launched an independent sentencing review, so that we never run out of prison places again.

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