Prison Capacity Debate

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Lord Wigley

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Prison Capacity

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Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Tuesday 17th October 2023

(6 months, 3 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Wigley Portrait Lord Wigley (PC)
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Is the Minister aware of the very serious problems concerning the recruitment and retention of staff at HMP Berwyn, at Wrexham, one of the newest prisons and the second largest in Europe? It is reported that the staff will not stay because working conditions are intolerable. What are the Government going to do to remedy this?

Lord Bellamy Portrait Lord Bellamy (Con)
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My Lords, I am not in a position today to comment specifically on Berwyn. I had understood that there are many aspects of Berwyn that have been outstandingly successful. I will write to the noble Lord with more detail in response to his question.

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