Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Justice

Oral Answers to Questions

Victoria Prentis Excerpts
Tuesday 5th February 2019

(5 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rory Stewart Portrait Rory Stewart
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The assaults on prison officers are genuinely shocking. That is why we have doubled the sentence for such assaults, and why we are investing in perimeter security. It is also why I have said that if I do not bring down the incidence of that violence, including assaults on prison officers, I will resign.

Victoria Prentis Portrait Victoria Prentis (Banbury) (Con)
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When I last visited HMP Bullingdon, it was explained to me that much of prisoners’ mail is saturated with drugs. How is the plan to photocopy mail where appropriate going?