Speeches by Juss.

“I have a couple of very quick questions. What is your view on the effectiveness of the Probation Service to provide employment support in the community? How well do you think that the third sector organisations work with the Probation Service? What is your view on the financial resources available for all of that to ha…”

“Finally from me, when the Sentencing Bill becomes operational, it is going to result in more offenders being supervised in the community. Do you think that the Probation Service and the other providers will be able to cope with the increased demand?”

“Good afternoon. I am Warinder Juss, MP in Wolverhampton West. I am a solicitor, but not practising at the moment, and I am a member of the GMB trade union executive council as well as a member of various APPGs.”

“A question for Ms Brown. You mentioned employment advisory boards. My understanding is that since January 2025 the advisory boards have been replaced by regional employment councils. Is that right?”

“The regional employment council should make that difference.”

“What impact do licence conditions have on those supervised in the community and their employment?”

“The regional employment council should make that difference.”

“Quickly, considering that employment will reduce reoffending and having heard what you have said, and also the prejudice that exists about employing ex-offenders, should we do more to encourage employers to employ ex-offenders? I remember when I heard about Lord Timpson employing ex-offenders and there was a lot of pos…”

“Can I speak to you about employment support in the community? We have a situation where prisoners on remand are found guilty but because of the amount of time they have already spent they are released into the community, but have not been able to engage in prison-based programmes. You have others who, because of the am…”

“Moving on to offenders who are supervised in the community, in your experience, how well does the Probation Service work with other stakeholders in the third sector? How well does the Probation Service work with the DWP, local businesses and prisons and what is the level of engagement between all the stakeholders? Are …”

“My next question is probably more related to Alex Clarke. Do you feel that women have particular requirements and therefore they need specific support to get employment in the community? What do you consider to be barriers for women? They may have family responsibilities or suffer from previous trauma. In relation to t…”

“Are the regional employment councils a great improvement?”

“For the past nine years, the church of St Chad and St Mark in my Wolverhampton West constituency has welcomed Iranian refugees into its congregation who have fled the persecution of the oppressive Iranian regime. Last week, we heard the Foreign Secretary and the Prime Minister speak about the total abhorrence of the ki…”

“My hon. Friend has made some excellent points. Tettenhall in my constituency is a significantly populated suburb of Wolverhampton, where residents face similar problems to those highlighted by my hon. Friend. Constituents say that they have little or no signal and they struggle to make contact with family and friends. …”

“The hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time. On his last point, there has been no new legislation to deal with antisocial firework use for over two decades. Some 557 of my constituents signed these petitions. Since being elected I have dealt with 150 separate cases in my constituency of Wolverhampton West; const…”

“I have spent many years celebrating with fireworks in my garden, as my hon. Friend mentioned, and I have had the pleasure of having firework displays with my children. However, does she agree that things have got a bit too far in that we are seeing fireworks throughout the year? Of course, we expect fireworks to go off…”

“My hon. Friend is making some excellent points. A constituent of mine has a dog that is terribly frightened whenever fireworks are going on. She is simply saying, “Can we not have some kind of a limit, where fireworks don’t go off after 11 pm, for example?”. She recalls an occasion where she had to get up at four o’clo…”

“I remember walking around Featherstone and Oakwood prisons, near my constituency of Wolverhampton West, and seeing how well the incentivised substance-free living units appeared to be working. The Government’s own data suggests that prisoners on such units are 30% less likely to be involved in violence or self-harm. Do…”

“Although I am a proud Wolverhampton Wanderers fan and, as a season ticket holder, regularly go to football games, for much of my life I was prevented and discouraged from going to a football game. I was told that because I wore a turban and because of the colour of my skin, I would be attacked. Can the Home Secretary a…”

“Many hon. Members have mentioned the need for universities to have extra funding to meet this statutory duty of care. Does the hon. Member agree that it is not always an issue of funding, but can be one of mindset? In Natasha Abrahart’s case, the matter could have been dealt, with without the need for extra funding, ju…”