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Debate between Damian Hinds and Damian Green
Tuesday 2nd July 2013

(11 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Damian Green Portrait Damian Green
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I would be very happy to do that. I am aware of the work that has been done in Northern Ireland, which has been extremely successful, and I should remind the right hon. Gentleman that the Crime and Courts Act 2013 places pre-sentence restorative justice on a statutory footing for the first time, so I very much share his underlying thoughts on this.

Damian Hinds Portrait Damian Hinds (East Hampshire) (Con)
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3. What assessment he has made of the contribution that financial inclusion programmes can make towards reducing reoffending rates.