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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 5 February 2013.

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Photo of Barry Sheerman Barry Sheerman Labour, Huddersfield 11:30, 5 February 2013

Does the Minister agree, though, that we have far too many people in prison and that when they get to prison not enough is done to turn them into good citizens? Is there not plenty of evidence that effective treatment outside prison, in the community, works? Can we not improve those alternatives, because the probation service is crucial in helping to make them effective?