Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Damian Green and Paul Maynard

Monday 28th April 2014 Commons Chamber

[Damian Green]

As I have just said, we have been imprisoning more serious criminals and locking them up for longer and we have been making savings in the prison system through efficiency programmes, so we are meeting my hon. Friend’s challenge already. Many people would argue that at least one of the reasons for the reduction in crime is precisely that we are locking more criminals up and keeping them in prison for longer.

[Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con)]

20. What steps she is taking to secure the UK’s borders.