Speeches by Juss.

“Can I ask you about purposeful activity? I was at an APPG yesterday on occupational health and safety and there was somebody from the POA who was talking about violence against prison officers. One thing that was mentioned was that if there was more purposeful activity that would help to relieve the number of attacks o…”

“The regional employment council should make that difference.”

“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…”

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

“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…”

“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 …”

“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…”

“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 …”

“Are the regional employment councils a great improvement?”

“Can I ask you about purposeful activity? I was at an APPG yesterday on occupational health and safety and there was somebody from the POA who was talking about violence against prison officers. One thing that was mentioned was that if there was more purposeful activity that would help to relieve the number of attacks o…”

“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.”

“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…”

“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…”

“The regional employment council should make that difference.”

“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?”

“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?”

“If it was a reprimand, final warning or a caution?”

“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…”

“I have one final quick question. Do employers have complete freedom to request whatever check that they want?”

“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…”