Prison Officers Association: Withdrawal from Voluntary Tasks Debate
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Prison Officers Association: Withdrawal from Voluntary Tasks
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Mr Gyimah
The central aspect of the Bill is to make it very clear that the fundamental purpose of prisons is to turn around offenders’ lives. If prisons are focused on that, we will reduce reoffending, and the £15 billion reoffending bill, but also help to make our prisons places of safety and reform.
Mr David Hanson (Delyn) (Lab)
To avoid any doubt, will the Minister say today that he will accept the recommendations that the independent pay review body makes?
Mr Gyimah
We will obviously look at its recommendations. Let me make this clear: we value prison officers and the hard work they do, and we have already taken a lot of action to recognise that. The right hon. Gentleman cannot ask me to commit at the Dispatch Box to results that I do not know.