Prisons and Courts Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:51 pm on 20 March 2017.

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Photo of Edward Garnier Edward Garnier Conservative, Harborough 5:51, 20 March 2017

My hon. Friend mentioned, correctly, the need for political will. However, if members of the public are asked, individually or on a more organised basis, what they think about the current state of our prisons and what needs to be done within our justice system, they are much more liberal than politicians give them credit for. We need to be braver and get on with this rather than allow ourselves to be pushed around by various disobliging organs of the media who want us to be more and more draconian in the way that we deal with prisons.