Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Helen Whately Excerpts
Tuesday 5th June 2018

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rory Stewart Portrait Rory Stewart
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Absolutely. That is disgusting and disturbing behaviour, and I will be talking directly to the governor of the prisons concerned.

Helen Whately Portrait Helen Whately (Faversham and Mid Kent) (Con)
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“This prison gives you the chance to reassess and rebuild your life.” Those are the words of one of the women at East Sutton Park Prison in my constituency. I thank the Under-Secretary of State for Justice, my hon. Friend the Member for Bracknell (Dr Lee), who is responsible for female offenders, for his recent visit to the prison. Will he do all that he can to secure the future of that prison, so that it can continue its good work in preparing female offenders for life after prison?

Phillip Lee Portrait Dr Phillip Lee
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Yes, I was very impressed by East Sutton Park. I have now visited virtually every women’s prison in the country, and the response from the women themselves is what I took away from that visit. They had a hope for the future that I had not encountered very much elsewhere. I will be doing my best to go into bat for East Sutton Park.