Drones: High-security Prisons

Baroness Sugg Excerpts

Wednesday 15th January 2025 Lords Chamber

[Lord Carter of Haslemere (CB)]

My Lords—

[Baroness Sugg (Con)]

My Lords—

[Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Chief Whip (Lord Kennedy of Southwark) (Lab Co-op)]

Let us have the Conservative Benches and then the Cross Benches. If noble Lords are very quick, we will get both in.

[Baroness Sugg (Con)]

My Lords, can the Minister update the House on any improvements since the introduction in January 2024 of the no-fly zones around certain prisons? Have they been a success, and how can we boost their effectiveness?

[Lord Timpson (Lab)]

The no-fly zones have been a great success and have been an important part of the work we are doing, but there is still further work we need to do. I reiterate that the demand is just as big a problem as the supply.