Imprisonment for Public Protection Sentences

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Of course, he speaks with great experience as a long-standing...

The hon. Gentleman is giving a very powerful account, and I am very glad that the Select Committe...

I very much hope that it will, because it is certainly true that that was a problem. Delays in tr...

If Members take no more than nine or 10 minutes for their speeches, I will not have to impose a t...

I just want to raise three simple points. First, I congratulate the Chair of the Select Committee...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I must refer to my entry in the Regi...

It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I thank the Chair of the Justice Com...

It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Twigg, and I thank the hon. Member for Bromley ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I thank the hon. Member for Bromley ...

It is very good to see you in the Chair, as always, Mr Twigg. I thank my hon. Friend the Member f...

What evidence basis does the Minister have to make that statement?

I make it on the basis of the profile of the prison population and the fact that prisoners have h...

I am not sure we all share the same understanding of the Committee’s recommendation. My understan...

I assure the right hon. Gentleman that our decision is based on principles of public safety, cons...

Will the Minister set out, either here or in the Library, what evidence he has that suggests the ...

We will continue to engage with my hon. Friend’s Committee in the normal way. It is perfectly rea...

I would usually allow a minute for the Chair of the Select Committee.

Then I will turn to the IPP action plan, which sets out the range of work that His Majesty’s Pris...

I thank all Members who have spoken so powerfully in the debate. Of course, we look forward to en...