Debates between Shabana Mahmood and Richard Tice during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Shabana Mahmood and Richard Tice
Tuesday 10th September 2024

(3 months, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Shabana Mahmood Portrait Shabana Mahmood
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The right hon. Lady will know that I have committed to publishing a 10-year capacity strategy. There are also live discussions as part of the Budget and spending review process. We have committed to delivering the shortfall of 14,000 places in our prison system, which the previous Government failed to do. That is a commitment that we have given. Those conversations are live conversations and I will report to the House in due course, but we will publish that 10-year capacity strategy before the end of the year.

Richard Tice Portrait Richard Tice (Boston and Skegness) (Reform)
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Can the Secretary of State explain why, when some 10,000 foreign criminals are blocking up space in our jails, they are not being removed and deported, which would simultaneously save the British taxpayer billions of pounds every year and have the support of millions of British voters?

Shabana Mahmood Portrait Shabana Mahmood
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They are being deported, and they will continue to be deported. Nothing will change as far as the deportation of foreign national offenders is concerned, but the inheritance we received from the previous Government meant we had to take additional measures. The answer will not come from the deportation of foreign national offenders alone, but it is very much part of the picture.