Speeches by Juss.

“Do you have any figures on the percentage of prisoner appeals that succeed, where the prisoner does not agree with a parole decision not to release?”

“Yes, please do.”

“I was going to ask about licence terminations a bit later, but as you have mentioned that, how many licence termination reviews has the Parole Board carried out since 1 February this year? What proportion of those prisoners have had their licences terminated as a result? What is the timeframe for completing those revie…”

“As of 1 February, I think 600 were immediately eligible for licence termination.”

“Did you have extra resources in place to be able to deal with that?”

“One of the things given quite a lot of profile is the severe mental health concerns of IPP prisoners, and the high incidence of self-harm and suicide. I hope that the answer to this is yes: do you take that risk of psychological harm into account when you look at IPP sentences?”

“Lots and lots of IPP prisoners have gone over tariff, which is obviously quite concerning. As of March 2025, I think 1,004 IPP prisoners were over tariff—509 were 10 years over tariff and 188 were 15 years over tariff. I can understand why you would want to see IPP prisoners multiple times to make sure you make the cor…”

“You mentioned the Justice Committee’s recommendation, which was that there be a resentencing exercise, but that was rejected by the Government. Now the Lord Chief Justice has proposed an alternative way whereby the Parole Board sets a date within a two-year period when the prisoner will be released. What is your opinio…”

“Do you think you have the resources to make the adaptations?”

“I have a final question on the move to open conditions. The previous Government wanted to tighten the move to open conditions. How many recommendations have been accepted in the last 12 months for moving IPP prisoners to open conditions, which would hopefully help them to be readier for release?”

“May I ask one final question? What impact has that had on your work as the Parole Board and on progressing IPP prisoners into open conditions?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Butler. First, I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Alloa and Grangemouth (Brian Leishman) for securing this important debate. I speak today as a member of the Citizenship Network, which was launched by Citizens UK last year. It is a cross-party group that brings toge…”

“Prisoners often leave the prison system with just one week’s worth of medication, and they then have difficulty getting back into the healthcare system. Does the hon. Member agree that we need a holistic approach to the Probation Service that co-ordinates the health and social care system to act as a bridge between the…”

“Does the hon. Member agree that we need to address the disparity he mentioned—the inequality in GP funding allocations—across the United Kingdom? Despite having some of the most deprived areas with a higher demand, the funding Wolverhampton receives is, on average, 10% less than more affluent areas. The ratio of GPs to…”

“Last Saturday, I was at the first ever national care leavers’ championship cup competition, which was held at Molineux, the home of Wolverhampton Wanderers football club in my constituency of Wolverhampton West. Care-experienced young people from all over the country came to play football. Will the Leader of the House …”

“I thank my constituency neighbour, hon. Friend the Member for Dudley (Sonia Kumar), for securing this important debate, and for attempting to remove the stigma and silence that too often surrounds this key area of healthcare. As has been mentioned, in the UK over 14 million people experience bladder leakage and more th…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Western. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cities of London and Westminster (Rachel Blake) for securing this important debate. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for West Dunbartonshire (Douglas McAllister), sitting on my right, who is Jagtar Singh Johal’s MP. …”

“It is generally understood that 80% to 90% of those in prison across England and Wales are reoffenders with previous convictions and custodial sentences. It appears to me that if you deal with the issue of reoffending, you immediately deal with the issue of having overcrowded prisons. Having recalled prisoners also add…”

“You mentioned prisoners being recalled for 56 days. Last month the Lord Chancellor announced that in the coming weeks there will be legislation to have the duration of recall limited to 28 days. Do you disagree with that period?”

“Good afternoon. I am Warinder Juss, Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton West. I am an executive council member of the GMB trade union, member of various APPGs, and other interests are as recorded on the register.”