Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Luke Hall and Paul Maynard

Wednesday 12th June 2019 Commons Chamber

[Paul Maynard]

The hon. Lady makes an important point. We know that women leaving prison have a range of quite distinct needs: they have higher reoffending rates than men, 39% go into unsettled accommodation, and a third are not on out-of-work benefits a month after leaving prison. There is a wide range of issues that we need to look at, and we will take the hon. Lady’s point seriously on board.

[Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate) (Con)]

10. What steps the Government are taking to support women to access flexible working.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Luke Hall and Paul Maynard

Thursday 19th October 2017 Commons Chamber

[Paul Maynard]

I always get rather frustrated when people have had an answer but paid no attention to what I said—but there we go. The report from the National Audit Office was important. It contained a number of lessons, which we took on board when setting out the national smart ticketing programme. Technology is changing rapidly. We have to make sure that the schemes we put in place now meet what technology can do in a year’s time, or two or three years’ time. We will be moving fast with tickets, and tickets will be unbelievably advanced by the time the Labour party ever gets back into power.

[Luke Hall (Thornbury and Yate) (Con)]

9. What steps his Department is taking to reduce congestion on the strategic road network.