Speeches by Cox.

“The UK’s universities play a vital role in our communities and our economy, but many of them, including the one where I worked for many years, face severe financial challenges, resulting in course closures and redundancies. Would the Leader of the House allow a debate on the subject in Government time, so that we can a…”

“That is what I am trying to get at. What is the mechanism by which they fall through the net and how can we collectively close that? We also heard from people that suicide risk is much higher if people are not securely housed within two weeks of leaving prison. That was a very clear steer we had. Does anyone else want …”

“Yes, thank you. Going back to CAS2, would you say there is enough provision currently?”

“You are waiting for them to engage with you. Is that fair?”

“Thank you, Chair.”

“If someone does not turn up and you are expecting them, what happens?”

“Would it not be massively useful to you as an organisation to have that data?”

“Can you not chase it down?”

“Bringing up people as well, yes.”

“I was all ready to do so. Since you raised the Sentencing Bill and the reforms coming our way, they are likely to lead, are they not, to an increased use of community supervision, as we know, and an increased demand on let’s call it offender accommodation, broadly defined? How are you as a sector preparing for that inc…”

“Are there any steps that you can take as a sector in preparation for that beyond waiting for what HMPPS does?”

“What is the scale of Nacro’s involvement in this provision?”

“The other new thing that is coming down the track is, of course, devolution. We will probably see a return to more locally commissioned services of the kind that Andrew talked about. How are you as organisations engaging with the devolution process now?”

“Is it the same with Nacro?”

“Thank you. They are all my questions.”

“When we are talking about people who are released on licence, at what point do you find out that they are about to be released on licence? How do you know what their housing needs are?”

“You are the only provider.”

“Going back to some of the work we did earlier in this Committee about when people are released from prison and they do not have anywhere to go, despite all the provision we are discussing today, how do those gaps happen? How is it that someone walks out of prison with nowhere to go?”

“Yes. Is there a significant difference between women’s experience of this service, would you say?”

“Good afternoon. I am Pam Cox. I am the MP for Colchester. My interests are as declared on the register, but I am also the chair of the APPG on penal reform.”