Drones: High-security Prisons

Alex Barros-Curtis Excerpts

Tuesday 14th January 2025 Commons Chamber

[Sir Nicholas Dakin]

The hon. Member is right about the failures missing in the shadow Minister’s question. He is also right to ask what the Government are doing to support prison officers and prison governors. We are investing in that, and we will announce a new programme for training and developing new governors very shortly.

[Mr Alex Barros-Curtis (Cardiff West) (Lab)]

I thank the Minister for his statement. The Conservatives are doing another faux outrage, as they were the ones who ceded the airspace after 14 years of colossal failure in our justice system. What lessons can we learn from that failure so that we tackle the problem of drugs in prisons, which are a big driver of drone drops?

[Sir Nicholas Dakin]

The lesson is that we need to work with prison governors and the police and invest in actions to deal with the problem. That is exactly what we are doing. We are working with everybody in the system to sort this mess out.