Debates between Shabana Mahmood and Monica Harding during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Shabana Mahmood and Monica Harding
Tuesday 10th September 2024

(3 months, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Monica Harding Portrait Monica Harding (Esher and Walton) (LD)
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T8. A significant proportion of the 1,700 prisoners being released early today, while having been convicted of other offences, have a history of domestic abuse. What reassurances can the Secretary of State give to domestic abuse victims who fear the release of their perpetrators today?

Shabana Mahmood Portrait Shabana Mahmood
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We have taken every measure available to us and pulled every lever we could to ensure that offences connected to domestic abuse are excluded and that the probation service has had time to prepare. We will work with it in the coming weeks and months to ensure that release plans are in place and victims are notified in the usual way.

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