Prisons: Chaplaincy Service Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Chaplaincy Service

Lord Cormack Excerpts
Tuesday 10th January 2023

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bellamy Portrait Lord Bellamy (Con)
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The answer to that, my Lords, is yes.

Lord Cormack Portrait Lord Cormack (Con)
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My Lords, bearing in mind that the whole purpose of prison is rehabilitation and that chaplains have a very important role to play in that context, can my noble and learned friend tell me how many prison chaplains of each faith there are at the moment, and whether he is satisfied that this number is sufficient to accomplish the very important task before them?