Sentencing Review and Prison Capacity

Debate between Shabana Mahmood and Mike Amesbury

Tuesday 22nd October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Shabana Mahmood]

I will leave those characterisations to the internal workings of the Conservative party. I consider David Gauke to be a person with deep expertise in this area. He is a former Lord Chancellor who knows this territory very well. He will be able to hit the ground running, and I know that he will go where the evidence takes him.

[Mike Amesbury (Runcorn and Helsby) (Lab)]

The Lord Chancellor referred to successful work in Texas. If we adopt such a model over here, how will victims be involved in shaping that tough rehabilitation approach?

[Shabana Mahmood]

We will make sure that the review panel, when it is fully put together, includes somebody with experience of working with victims of crime to make sure that that perspective is fully reflected in the investigations that the review undertakes and, ultimately, in its findings and recommendations.