Extract from Commons debate on the Victims Strategy - Oct 11
Friday, 12 October 2018 07:34
Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP):...As I have
said, I serve on the Justice Committee under the wise leadership of
the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill), and we
hear week in and week out of the problems right through the justice
system in England and Wales, from a lack of resources to a lack of
judges and courts, poor victim support, not enough lawyers in parts
of the country, legal aid policy, prison overcrowding and
conditions, not enough prison...Request free trial
(Paisley and Renfrewshire
North) (SNP):...As I have said, I serve on the Justice
Committee under the wise leadership of the hon. Member for Bromley
and Chislehurst (Robert Neill), and we hear week in and week out of
the problems right through the justice system in England and Wales,
from a lack of resources to a lack of judges and courts, poor
victim support, not enough lawyers in parts of the country, legal
aid policy, prison overcrowding and conditions, not enough prison
officers, a failing rehabilitation system—the list is seemingly
endless. Week in and week out, many of the witnesses before us
state that they would like the Ministry of Justice to replicate
what happens in Scotland in many areas. Just yesterday, the
Committee heard another extremely well qualified panel, including
Professor Nick Hardwick, formerly the chair of the Parole Board and
chief inspector of prisons, Dee Anand of the British Psychological
Society and Mark Day of the Prison Reform Trust, all praise the
approach Scotland has taken to a presumption against short
sentences and on rehabilitation, which has resulted in the
lowest Recidivism rate in decades...
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