Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alan Brown and Laura Farris

Tuesday 14th May 2024 Commons Chamber

[Laura Farris]

I want to provide some reassurance to the shadow Minister. Under our scheme, no sexual offender, no terrorist offender and nobody who has been convicted of a serious violent crime or been convicted for four years or more will be eligible for early release. I would just remind him that the slight distinction between our scheme and that conducted under the last Labour Government between 2007 and 2010 is that we have a governor lock. That means that the governor of any prison can prevent an individual prisoner from being released early if they do not think that it is suitable to do so, and that was not the case under the last Labour Government.

[Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)]

3. What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of proposed reforms to employment tribunal panels.