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Debate between Baroness Prentis of Banbury and James Davies
Tuesday 26th April 2016

(9 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness Prentis of Banbury Portrait Victoria Prentis (Banbury) (Con)
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2. What progress his Department has made on ensuring that offenders are engaged in meaningful work in prison.

James Davies Portrait Dr James Davies (Vale of Clwyd) (Con)
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6. What progress his Department has made on ensuring that offenders are engaged in meaningful work in prison.

Andrew Selous Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Andrew Selous)
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We want prisons to be places of hard work and high ambition. That is why we will give governors more autonomy and hold them to account by publishing employment outcomes for prisoners so that we can compare results between prisons.