Oral Answers to Questions

Sarah Champion Excerpts

Tuesday 5th June 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Gauke]

I can provide my hon. Friend with that assurance. The digital technology currently available in prisons provides strictly controlled access to learning and training facilities. It is also used to provide opportunities for prisoners to access services within the prison environment to enable them to manage their time and activities while inside. There is no access to the internet, and strict security control prohibits access to the wider digital world.

[Sarah Champion (Rotherham) (Lab)]

13. What progress is being made on introducing a victims law.

[Jo Platt (Leigh) (Lab/Co-op)]

18. What progress is being made on introducing a victims law.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Dr Phillip Lee)]

Supporting victims is a key priority for the Government, which is why we are bringing forward a victims strategy this summer. In compiling the strategy, we have consulted victims groups and academics, and across Government. In doing so, we have concluded that we will need legislative and non-legislative measures to ensure that the strategy works for victims.

[Sarah Champion]

I hear what the Minister says, but Rotherham Council is today debating the support available to adults who survive child abuse in my constituency. I have now spoken to two Home Secretaries, two Prime Ministers and countless Ministers, and the Ministry of Justice was in Rotherham last week. Still we are not getting the cash we need to enable 1,520 victims—at the current count—to turn into survivors. Will the Minister please give us the cash we need?