Speeches by Farnsworth.

“Obviously, you are talking about screening and opportunities for good practice in screening, but can I ask about when somebody needs treatment outside the prison estate? We were informed of a lady who was supposed to be going into hospital for an investigation for cancer, and she was not able to go. First, the preparat…”

“I am the Member of Parliament for Amber Valley, formerly a solicitor in the Crown Prosecution Service and my interests are as declared on the register.”

“I would like to move away from prisons a little and talk about community sentence treatment requirements as an alternative, whether that be drug rehabilitation requirements, alcohol treatment requirements, or mental health treatment requirements. As a former prosecutor seeing the same defendants back in court time and …”

“I am the Member of Parliament for Amber Valley, formerly a solicitor in the Crown Prosecution Service and my interests are as declared on the register.”

“Obviously, you are talking about screening and opportunities for good practice in screening, but can I ask about when somebody needs treatment outside the prison estate? We were informed of a lady who was supposed to be going into hospital for an investigation for cancer, and she was not able to go. First, the preparat…”

“Brilliant. That sounds really interesting. The evaluation from the MOJ and our written evidence identified some limitations on community sentence treatments when they are not person-centred, or are not used consistently, or there are delays in starting the treatment. What is NHS England doing to mitigate those challeng…”

“My constituents are people of common sense, and they tell me that they do not think millionaires should get the winter fuel allowance, but they did feel that the threshold was too low, so they will no doubt welcome today’s announcement. However, after 14 years of being let down by the Conservatives, they are wary of Go…”

“I thank the hon. Member for South Devon (Caroline Voaden) for securing this most important of debates. Dementia care is a subject incredibly close to my heart and that of many of my Amber Valley constituents who write to me. Any hon. Members who were present when I made my maiden speech may recall my speaking about my …”

“In my 21 years as a Crown prosecutor, I prosecuted many, many cases, but I prosecuted far fewer individuals. That is because 80% of offenders are reoffenders, so I saw the same defendants time and again. The current system does not work. Does the Lord Chancellor agree that the new approach will reduce reoffending, cut …”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes (Melanie Onn) for securing this vital debate. This issue touches on every community, but I will focus on how the crisis is playing out in my constituency. Amber Valley has less than a quarter of the national average number of NHS dentists per 100,000 p…”

“I would like to turn to the co-operation aspect of the agreement, on which I congratulate the Prime Minister. When I was an international liaison prosecutor, my colleagues and I in the Crown Prosecution Service, Eurojust and Europol were relieved when the trade and co-operation agreement was finally agreed. Does the Pr…”

“Some of what you have told us is really concerning. I want to drill down into the impact that that might have on staff absence and how that in turn impacts the rehabilitative regimes on offer. There are bound to be staff absences due to ill health, and we have learned of really concerning levels of mental health illnes…”

“Good afternoon. I am the Member of Parliament for Amber Valley. I was a Crown prosecutor before coming into Parliament. My declaration of interests is on the website, but I am a member of various trade unions and APPGs.”

“We might need another letter on that point.”

“Yes—almost a different relationship between them. I think that is unanimous: you agree that that is a really good and important method. The Clink Charity recently announced that it is closing its restaurant at one prison due to it not being able to run under its current contract. I think that is its second closure in t…”

“It is worrying. Going back to the types of spaces on offer, you have mentioned workshops, and we saw the value of them at Buckley Hall, which had some really good space, though it was not necessarily full of people using it at the time. Some colleagues on the Committee went to HMP Wormwood Scrubs and visited a café cal…”

“Can I ask about a different cohort of prisoners—those with accessibility requirements? Do you find that they struggle to access rehabilitative activities due to the accommodation—the type of physical space—that is on offer for those programmes?”

“The longer periods of remand, which we have talked about already, impact on that as well.”

“I want to stick on the topic of buildings and maintenance but circle back to rehabilitative programmes and ask how the lack of space in the prison estate impacts the provision of rehabilitative programmes. Charlie mentioned earlier that some Victorian prisons do not have the space to offer programmes, or as many progra…”

“I can imagine. Is it also the case that you have inexperienced staff having to fill the gaps that others are leaving when they are promoted, perhaps prematurely? On the opposite extreme, do you have people who perhaps have been employed for a specific role, maybe a key worker role, who are not able to fulfil that role …”