Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Sarah Pochin Excerpts
Tuesday 3rd June 2025

(3 days, 20 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sarah Pochin Portrait Sarah Pochin (Runcorn and Helsby) (Reform)
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Is the Justice Secretary content that her Department spends more than half a billion pounds every year locking up criminals who belong in other countries?

Shabana Mahmood Portrait Shabana Mahmood
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I am content that this Government have deported more foreign national offenders than the previous Government. I am content that we have accepted the findings of the Gauke review, and we will be bringing the early removal scheme threshold from 50% down to 30% to make that sure more foreign offenders are eligible for removal from our country.