Lord Beecham

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken to reduce the number of days added to the sentences of prisoners for misconduct.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they took into account the visa humanitarian exemption in the case of Ernesto Schwartz-Marin and his wife Arely Cruz-Santiago who have been ordered to leave the country after exceeding the time permitted to be abroa...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of concerns about the application of the principle of joint enterprise in criminal cases; and whether they intend (1) to initiate a review of the state of the law in this area, and (2) to coll...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff have been deployed on detached duty to each of the London prisons each month in the past year.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any public transport is available for visitors to (1) HMP Berwyn in Wrexham, and (2) the Oakwood, Brinsford, and Featherstone group of prisons; and if so, what.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether suicide awareness training for prison officers is specifically designed for prisons and the special circumstances which prevail in them.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so with whom, any consultation took place on the decision not to extend the National Career Services contract in prisons in England; and if so, whether that consultation requested information on the provisio...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have responded to a letter sent to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Prisons and Probation on 17 January by the Prisoner Learning Alliance in relation to their decision not to extend its contract f...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what enquiries they have made into reports that immigration detainees whose coach caught fire as it took them to a deportation flight were handcuffed by escort staff before they were permitted to disembark.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to require the NHS supply chain to be subject to the same transparency requirements as private companies under the Modern Slavery Act 2015, having regard to concerns raised over suppliers of medical inst...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to encourage local authorities with responsibility for scrutinising health services to exercise that function in relation to the provision of health care within custodial institutions in their area.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions have taken place between the Ministry of Justice and the Department of Health and Social Care concerning the provision of adequate healthcare in prisons following recent reports.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they plan to take to protect leaseholders from being required by freeholders to pay excessively large sums for remedial work to ensure the safety of multi-storey housing accommodation.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to reduce the Home Office salary threshold for granting visas in respect of overseas doctors seeking employment in UK hospitals; and if not, why not.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the report of the former prisons and probation ombudsman on deaths at HMP Woodhill with their response to that report; and if so when.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the conclusion of the assessment for the Prison Reform Trust of the financial outlook for HM Prison Service 2017–25 by Julian Le Vay that the Ministry of Justice’s plans for prison building are ina...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Justice on 22 March 2017 (HC WS550) that four new prisons will be built at Full Sutton in Yorkshire, Hindley in Wigan, Rochester in Kent, and Port Talbot in So...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Justice on 22 March 2017 (HC WS550), and in relation to their commitment to build up to 10,000 modern prison places by 2020, at which establishments they plan ...

To ask Her Majesty's Government which prisons they have earmarked for closure; and what is the timetable for the closure of those prisons.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reported position of St Pancras Coroner’s Court (1) not to prioritise autopsies because of the religion of the deceased or their family, in spite of Jewish and Muslim beliefs that buria...