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Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Portfolio Question Time - Wed 26 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Constance, Angela (SNP - Almond Valley) The current projection is that 514 prisoners will be released over the four tranches. - Speech Link
2: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) The public inquiry into Sheku Bayoh’s death in police custody heard that officers could reasonably have - Speech Link
3: Brown, Siobhian (SNP - Ayr) the member highlighted, the inquiry is examining the immediate circumstances leading to Mr Bayoh’s death - Speech Link


Non-Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

May. 22 2024

Source Page: Lord Pickles Alderney expert review
Document: Lord Pickles Alderney expert review (webpage)

Found: expert review Findings of the review that Lord Pickles commissioned into the evidence on how many prisoners


Westminster Hall
Prevention of Future Deaths Report: Terance Radford - Wed 20 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lee Anderson (RUK - Ashfield) later jailed for 21 years for manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but Terry’s death - Speech Link
2: Ruth Cadbury (Lab - Brentford and Isleworth) It is another scheme to release prisoners early, and it is now being expanded to release more prisoners - Speech Link
3: Edward Argar (Con - Charnwood) The circumstances of Terance’s—Terry’s—death are truly terrible, and my thoughts are with them and the - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Report stage part two - Tue 21 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) Indeed, in the case of Chris Cave, stabbed to death at the age of 17 in 2003, there have been nine parole - Speech Link
2: None erupt in violence against prison officers or other prisoners. - Speech Link
3: Lord Carter of Haslemere (XB - Life peer) Automatically denying prisoners, even whole-life prisoners, the right to marry or enter a civil partnership - Speech Link
4: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) As of last December, there were 67 whole-life prisoners in England. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Emergency Release of Prisoners and Other Key Challenges in Scotland’s Prisons - Wed 05 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: None Although there were a number of challenges last time round, such as times when a drug death happened - Speech Link
2: None A very sad case was the death of Caroline McLeod, who was so unwell that she had to be wheeled in before - Speech Link
3: None less well than convicted prisoners. - Speech Link
4: None , the longer-term prisoners tend to be the riskier prisoners from the public’s point of view.When we - Speech Link
5: None that remand prisoners are not required to work. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Prisons and Probation: Foreign National Offenders - Wed 13 Mar 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: None Secondly, we have increased sentence maximums for the worst offenders, such as those who cause death - Speech Link
2: None The first was whether to order mass release of prisoners. - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, prisoners will now be released not 18 days early, but up to 60 days early. - Speech Link


Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate

Oct. 02 2024

Source Page: Palliative Care Strategy: Lived Experiences and Public Views: Additional Paper
Document: Palliative Care Strategy : Lived Experiences and Public Views : Additional Paper (PDF)

Found: with learning disabilities or severe mental illness, those with financial and housing insecurity, and prisoners


Commons Chamber
Prisons and Probation: Foreign National Offenders - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Alex Chalk (Con - Cheltenham) bars.Secondly, we have increased sentence maximums for the worst offenders, such as those who cause death - Speech Link
2: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham, Ladywood) How many prisoners have been released early under the scheme to date? - Speech Link


Deposited Papers

Oct. 11 2010

Source Page: HMG Strategy for Abolition of the Death Penalty. 20 p.
Document: DEP2010-1788.pdf (PDF)

Found: HMG Strategy for Abolition of the Death Penalty. 20 p.


Bill Documents
25 Mar 2024 - Bill
HL Bill 57 (as amended in Committee)
Victims and Prisoners Act 2024

Found: Restricting parental responsibility where one parent kills the other 17 Domestic abuse related death