Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Crispin Blunt and Andrew Rosindell

Tuesday 13th March 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Blunt]

No, they are not. Victims of domestic violence will continue to receive civil legal aid in order to apply for protective injunctions, and we will continue to waive the financial eligibility limits in those cases.

[Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con)]

12. How many people in the London borough of Havering have been convicted of offences in connection with the public disorder in August 2011.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Crispin Blunt and Andrew Rosindell

Tuesday 23rd November 2010 Commons Chamber

[Andrew Rosindell (Romford) (Con)]

7. What steps he is taking to increase the number of prison places.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mr Crispin Blunt)]

Our current plan is to build the prisons to which we are contractually committed. On the basis of current policies, we expect prisoner numbers to rise from about 85,393 last Friday to about 88,000 in 2015, and we expect the implementation of the proposals that will be outlined in the forthcoming Green Paper to reduce that number to about 3,000 fewer than today’s figure. We will always provide enough prison places for those who the courts judge should receive a custodial sentence.

[Andrew Rosindell]

Notwithstanding the Government’s efforts to stabilise the prison population, will the Minister assure us that those who commit crimes and deserve to go to prison will continue to do so?

[Mr Blunt]

Yes.