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Debate between Stephen Hammond and Shailesh Vara
Tuesday 3rd November 2015

(8 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Shailesh Vara Portrait Mr Vara
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I am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising the issue of legal aid again. As I said earlier, we have committed to having a review of the implementation of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. That will be carried out within three to five years of its implementation, but we do keep a watching eye on matters as they evolve.

Stephen Hammond Portrait Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon) (Con)
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T8. The Prisoners Education Trust does much to prepare prisoners for release, but to ensure that they get the skills they need for release, does the Minister think it would be sensible to encourage prison governors to be more entrepreneurial and start up more businesses inside prisons?

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