Speeches by Juss.

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Turner. Football is the UK’s most watched and played sport. Some 35 million fans have been watching the top four leagues this season, and there are 40,000 football clubs in this country—more than in any other country. As a season ticket holder of Wolverhampton Wanderer…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Jardine. NHS England has set ambulance response time targets since 2018. As the hon. Member for Glastonbury and Somerton (Sarah Dyke) indicated, there are four categories of severity for ambulance calls, each with a different response-time standard. In my Wolverhampton…”

“I thank the Lord Chancellor for her honesty in setting out so clearly the difficult situation that we have inherited from the Conservative party, and I welcome the measures that she has proposed: the record investment in the justice system, and the measures taken to reduce the number of cases going to the Crown courts.”

“It has got worse, because of the Conservative party. Does my right hon. Friend agree that, as well as focusing on the measures that she has already proposed, we should continue to focus on reducing crime in the first place, and pursue our policies for tackling youth crime, knife crime and violence against women and gir…”

“Thank you.”

“Does it concern you that the probation delivery units last year were assessed as either being inadequate or requiring improvement? What is being done to put that right? What are the causes of having an assessment whereby the probation service is assessed as requiring improvement or being inadequate?”

“Would you agree that, when it comes to rehabilitation, having an effective probation service is absolutely crucial?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Hobhouse, and I congratulate you on chairing a Bill Committee for the first time. It is a great development to have electronic versions of the register of births and deaths, and I absolutely welcome such a step. It will increase efficiency, because we will be able to h…”

“As you say, if the workloads are too high, that is going to reduce effectiveness, so you need to get more people working in the service. I understand you have had some difficulty in retaining staff. How successful are you in retention and recruitment now?”

“Given the financial challenges faced by lower league football clubs such as AFC Wulfrunians in my constituency of Wolverhampton West, which also has an excellent boxing gym catering to the local community, can the Secretary of State confirm what steps the Government are taking to ensure that clubs such as AFC Wulfrunia…”

“4. What steps she is taking to help improve the sustainability of lower league football clubs in Wolverhampton West constituency.”

“This is a question that I was going to ask a bit later on, but you have raised the issue of boredom. What kinds of incentives should be used? There has been a discussion over incentivised substance-free living wings. Dame Carol has said that those should be available in all prisons. What types of incentives should we b…”

“I am Warinder Juss, MP for Wolverhampton West. I am a solicitor, a member of the GMB trade union—I am on the executive council of that union—and a member of various APPGs.”

“We have established that the demand for drugs in prisons has increased. That is why various methods, such as the increase in drones, are being used. Are there any particular reasons why the demand has increased for drugs in prison?”

“Has that boredom increased?”

“You have highlighted boredom as a reason for increased demand. I was at an event earlier today on knife crime. One of the mothers of a victim of knife crime mentioned that she goes to prisons regularly. The condition of some of the prisoners and the conditions in which they live have such a strain on them mentally. The…”

“So if there were one priority action that the Prison and Probation Service and the Ministry of Justice should take to reduce the demand for drugs in prison, it should be to put more focus on rehabilitation, treatment and recovery.”

“I have just a quick question, because I appreciate time is pressing. I take your point, Babafemi, that if drug usage has increased in the local communities it is likely to spill into what happens in prisons, but we heard earlier today that 24% of prisoners who were not on drugs before they went into prison ended up bei…”

“Has that boredom increased?”

“This is a question that I was going to ask a bit later on, but you have raised the issue of boredom. What kinds of incentives should be used? There has been a discussion over incentivised substance-free living wings. Dame Carol has said that those should be available in all prisons. What types of incentives should we b…”