Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Second Reading opposed and deferred until Tuesday 17 July ( Standing Order No. 20).
The Secretary of State was asked—
What steps the Government is taking to improve offenders’ access to education and employment.
What steps the Government are taking to reform the youth justice system.
What steps he is taking to improve wages and conditions for staff of his Department who are on low pay.
What steps the Government plan to take to ensure that the UK legal system operates effectively after the UK leaves the EU.
What steps his Department is taking to help offenders find employment upon leaving prison.
What steps the Government is taking to tackle the use of drones over prisons.
What steps he is taking to prevent the smuggling of mobile phones into prisons.
What steps the Government is taking to improve the management of female offenders in the criminal justice system.
What plans the Government has made to improve access to healthcare for prisoners.
What recent assessment his Department has made of trends in recruitment and retention rates for the probation service in Oxfordshire.
What assessment his Department has made of the contribution of sport to effective outcomes in the criminal justice system.
What steps the Government are taking to protect prison officers from violent behaviour.
What assessment he has made of the effect on access to justice for people injured at work of his Department’s plans to raise the limit for non-road traffic accident-related personal injury...
Whether he has plans to change the contracts of private sector probation companies; and if he will make a statement.
If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker.
Motion for leave to bring in a Bill ( Standing Order No. 23)
Considered in Committee Dame Rosie Winterton in the Chair Clause 1
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move, That this House believes that the Government’s negotiations to leave the EU have not progressed to the satisfaction of the people of the UK, with polls indicating that 69 per...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That, in pursuance of section 1(2B) of the House of Commons (Administration) Act 1978, Dr Rima Makarem be appointed to the House of Commons Commission for a...
With the leave of the House, we will take motions 5 and 6 together. Motion made, and Question put forthwith ( Standing Order No. 118(6)),
That the draft West of England Combined Authority (Business Rate Supplements Functions) Order 2018, which was laid before this House on 4 June, be approved.
That the draft Warm Home Discount (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2018, which were laid before this House on 14 June, be approved.—(Rebecca Harris.) Question agreed to.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—(Rebecca Harris.)
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