Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mike Freer)
My hon. Friend is right—he has raised this matter before—and I shall be happy to sit down with him and find out what the logjam is so that we can move this forward for him.
Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Slough) (Lab)
It is simply unacceptable that drug dealers are able to continue to peddle their trade so easily behind bars. Last year, there were 17,700 cases of drugs being found in prisons, an increase of well over 411% since the Conservatives came to power in 2010. Who exactly does the Secretary of State blame for this failure in law and order?