IPP Sentences — [Valerie Vaz in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 3:35 pm on 29 October 2024.

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Photo of Rachael Maskell Rachael Maskell Labour/Co-operative, York Central 3:35, 29 October 2024

The big issue, which I think all colleagues across the Chamber have been raising consistently in this debate, is people’s mental health. Continuous uncertainty will continue to mean people having very poor mental health, including self-harming and, tragically, losing their lives. Will the Minister ensure that he puts time frameworks around what he is talking about, so that people can start planning in their mind what their future looks like? At the moment, they are still looking down a very dark hole.