Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rory Stewart and Andrew Lewer

Tuesday 23rd January 2018 Commons Chamber

[Rory Stewart]

Two types of technology can be used on mobile telephones. One is jamming technology, and the second, which is more commonly used in prison, is a wand to detect mobile telephones. An astonishing number of phones—at over 20,000, there are far too many—are detected in prisons. We should be addressing this in two ways. The first is by making sure that they do not get in: these are closed environments and we should be able to massively reduce the amount coming in. The second is that, by putting phones in cells to allow people to talk to their families, we can monitor the calls and control the need for phones in the first place.

[Andrew Lewer (Northampton South) (Con)]

14. What steps his Department is taking to improve the court experience for people who work in the justice system.