Cutting Crime (Justice Reinvestment)
Debate between Anne Main and Claire Perry(14 years, 1 month ago)
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Claire Perry (Devizes) (Con)
As a new member of the Justice Committee, may I say what an absolute pleasure it is to listen to former members, who did so much incredibly good work in the report, revisiting these issues and making an impassioned case for similar pieces of analysis to be carried out in the future? I wholeheartedly support that view. Does the right hon. Gentleman agree, however, that the one piece missing from the list of valuable items that he gave us is accountability? Before the election, I was lucky enough to be involved in work on the Conservative party policy on the rehabilitation revolution. One thing that really struck me—
Mrs Anne Main (in the Chair)
Order. May I ask the hon. Lady to keep her intervention brief?
Claire Perry
Yes, I am coming to my point. One thing that really struck me was the lack of accountability in the system and the fact that one person should be responsible. I would be grateful if the right hon. Gentleman commented on that.