Oral Answers to Questions

Philip Hollobone Excerpts

Tuesday 13th November 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

A sentence from Kettering—I call Mr Philip Hollobone.

[Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)]

Will the Minister consider introducing a Queen’s award for offender rehabilitation to encourage employers to employ ex-offenders?

[Rory Stewart]

I think that is a very, very good idea. We need to recognise and honour employers who do this. A Queen’s award is a fantastic idea. I would like to give credit to my hon. Friend for coming up with it and would like his permission to pursue it.

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[Mr Gauke]

The most important response is that we have decided not to close that court.

[Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)]

Given that we have 10,000 foreign national offenders in our prisons, with which new countries are we seeking to sign compulsory prisoner transfer agreements?

[Mr Gauke]

We always seek to find new opportunities to improve the system, and we will continue to do so.