Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 December 2016.
Sam Gyimah
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
12:00,
6 December 2016
My hon. Friend raised this issue at the Select Committee last week, and I will give him the same answer I gave then. When prisoners are released, even at the halfway point, they remain on licence, and if there is a breach of the licence, they are recalled to prison. That remains the case.