Royal Commission on the Criminal Justice System - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 12:13 pm on 6 July 2021.

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Photo of Lord Garnier Lord Garnier Conservative 12:13, 6 July 2021

My Lords, I do not know whether I am a stakeholder or whether I can see anything being built back better, but while the Government are pausing they really should concentrate on improving the condition of the prison estate. It is woefully overcrowded: 85,000 to 90,000 prisoners are now living in squalid conditions. Will my noble friend please persuade the Ministry of Justice and the Government as a whole to get on and do something about the disgraceful state of our prisons?