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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Emma Lewell-Buck Excerpts
Tuesday 5th June 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Emma Lewell-Buck Portrait Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields) (Lab)
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Will the Secretary of State clarify whether, under the Department’s vision for secure schools, Ministers will close existing penal facilities, or is this yet another way of incarcerating our children?

Phillip Lee Portrait Dr Phillip Lee
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There is no intention, in the longer term, to increase the number of young people we lock up. Indeed, our intention is to reduce the number of young people we lock up, and that is why we are changing the environment with the introduction of secure schools.