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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Ben Goldsborough Excerpts
Tuesday 3rd June 2025

(3 weeks, 2 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nicholas Dakin Portrait Sir Nicholas Dakin
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My hon. Friend highlights another excellent piece of work that is going on, and the difficulties in ensuring that funding is effectively used as we move forward in a difficult situation due to the funding inheritance that we had from the previous Government. If he writes to me about that particular case, I will be very happy to meet him.

Ben Goldsborough Portrait Ben Goldsborough (South Norfolk) (Lab)
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Prison has two purposes: rehabilitation and punishment. We need offenders to pay back to the communities and individuals they have harmed. I welcome my hon. Friend’s actions to punish offenders in the community. Can I give him a list of all the potholes that need filling in Norfolk?

Nicholas Dakin Portrait Sir Nicholas Dakin
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My hon. Friend can write to me with his list of potholes, and we will see what we can do.