Speeches by Cox.

“So some of it is commercially sensitive and not in the public realm?”

“How much of the commissioning process is in the public realm, and how much of it is deemed commercially sensitive and therefore unable to be in the public realm?”

“No further questions, Your Honour. That was really what I wanted to ask about that. We were going to ask if there is sufficient data sharing between services but you have just answered that, so thank you.”

“So your average prison governor would not be able to see the data you are inputting, collecting and collating from the population?”

“Thinking about the connected piece, is that NHS dataset connected to GPs or someone’s NHS number more generally? Do prison governors have access to that NHS data?”

“Could you tell us what data The Forward Trust holds on individual prisoners and how you share it with the appropriate services to enable joined-up working around those people?”

“Would you like me to move to data sharing, Chair?”

“Do you think there is space for prison governors to be more directly involved in the commissioning process of such services?”

“Dr Haydock,you mentioned this in your written evidence to us.”

“Perhaps we could elaborate on that. What would be the advantages of a directly commissioned service?”

“Yes.”

“We will go straight to commissioning, if we may. What is your experience—good or bad—of being commissioned to provide substance misuse services in prisons?”

“Recall levels remain really high.”

“I have more of a reflection than a question. We were talking about reality; I just want to talk about some realities. Many prisoners are released without a home, an address, access to a GP, access to a social worker, or access to a form of employment or volunteering. These are barriers to their effective rehabilitation…”

“Thank you, and good afternoon. Could you explain to us how prison healthcare is commissioned?”

“I thank the Chair of the Select Committee for his remarks. As a member of the Committee, I can attest to our dismay at what we heard in those hearings. I ask the Chair to encourage Dame Vera Baird to take a robust approach to her review of the leadership of such an important public body.”

“In Colchester, this measure will benefit over 5,000 children, so it is wonderful news from a Government who are indeed determined to tackle child poverty. Would the Minister like to make a return visit to Colchester, this time to visit not a pioneering pre-school but a pioneering primary school—Unity primary academy in…”

“We will come on to works in a moment. Given that the Prison Service relies so heavily on contracts—we can all understand why—do you feel, as monitors and regulators, that you have access to the information you need to make judgments about the performance of those contracts?”

“Good afternoon. I am the Member of Parliament for Colchester, and my interests are as declared on the register.”

“How many suicides have there been in the last 12 months or 24 months?”