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Debate between Allison Gardner and Satvir Kaur
Tuesday 22nd April 2025

(2 months, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Allison Gardner Portrait Dr Allison Gardner (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Lab)
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1. What steps her Department is taking to support female offenders.

Satvir Kaur Portrait Satvir Kaur (Southampton Test) (Lab)
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8. What steps her Department is taking to support female offenders.

Nicholas Dakin Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
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This Government’s plan to support women is clear and ambitious. The aim is to reduce the number of women going to prison, and our Women’s Justice Board will lead on this. Following Susannah Hancock’s review, which was published in March, this Government have acted to prevent girls from being held in young offenders institutions.

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