Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:45 pm on 12 March 2019.
Lord Keen of Elie
The Advocate-General for Scotland, Lords Spokesperson (Ministry of Justice)
2:45,
12 March 2019
The noble Lord makes a very good point: the scourge of drugs in prisons is one that we must meet if we are to improve conditions for all prisoners across the prison estate. It undermines other efforts made in regard to education and rehabilitation—there is no question whatever of that. I am not familiar with the work of the particular body that the noble Lord referred to, but I will make inquiries about what the position is with regard to its initiative. Ultimately, it will be for individual governors to determine how this matter is taken forward, but, as I indicated to the noble Lord, I will look into how we respond to those initiatives.