Prisons: Radicalisation - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 2:52 pm on 3 March 2020.

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Photo of Lord Singh of Wimbledon Lord Singh of Wimbledon Crossbench 2:52, 3 March 2020

My Lords, I declare my interest as director of the Sikh Prison Chaplaincy Service. Does the Minister agree that chaplains must be at the forefront of any move to tackle radicalisation in prisons? To do this, they have to place dated social and political norms embedded in religious texts in the context of today’s times. Will the Minister agree to meet me to discuss Sikh chaplaincy initiatives to do this and reduce reoffending rates, and how this experience might possibly be used to the benefit of other faiths?