Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Alex Chalk and John Nicolson

Tuesday 29th June 2021 Commons Chamber

[Alex Chalk]

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for her question, but I am even more grateful to her for being such a champion of HMP Berwyn and, indeed, of this important initiative. She is absolutely right: getting more prison leavers into jobs is key to cutting crime. As I have indicated before, it reduces the chance of reoffending by 9%. Of course, I would be delighted to visit her in Wrexham to see the great work of the employment advisory board. I congratulate her and all those she is working with on their fantastic work at Berwyn in the Custodial Pie Corporation, upskilling men in the hospitality industry.

[John Nicolson (Ochil and South Perthshire) (SNP)]

What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on plans to review the relationship between Government and the courts.