David Burrowes
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(10 years, 2 months ago)
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Chris Grayling
All I can tell the House is that the scenario painted by the hon. Lady is completely untrue.
Mr David Burrowes (Enfield, Southgate) (Con)
May I encourage the Justice Secretary to look at innovative ways of tackling reoffending? My neighbouring constituency in Barnet is looking at using GPS monitoring in new ways that go beyond traditional electronic monitoring and the Serco-G4S expensive model, and into ways that tackle the behaviour of some of the most prolific offenders. It is having great results.
Chris Grayling
I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. The arrival of GPS tags in this country provides a great opportunity for the criminal justice system in a variety of different ways. We will have first access to that technology in a form that is sufficiently robust to be used in courts if necessary later this year, and I think it has great potential.