Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Joy Morrissey and Alex Davies-Jones

Tuesday 3rd June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Joy Morrissey]

The Victims’ Commissioner says that the early release of prisoners risks victim safety, so will the Lord Chancellor explain why she is putting violent offenders ahead of victims?

[Alex Davies-Jones]

That is not the case. What would be failing victims is if our criminal justice system got to the point of collapse and we did not have prison places for violent offenders. This Government are getting on with reforming our criminal justice system. We are putting victims at the heart of it to protect them, and are making sure that we never run out of prison places again.