In Parliament - Shabana Mahmood MP

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Sentencing Bill

Commons debates

We are here to debate the Second Reading of the Sentencing Bill, but it is impossible to consider the Bill properly without acknowledging what lies behind it: the prison capacity crisis. If...

Hillsborough: Bishop James Jones Report

Commons debates

It is customary to thank the Government for advance sight of the statement, but given the gravity of this matter, the fact that the report being responded to has been with the Government for many...

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Victims and Prisoners Bill

Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

It is a pleasure to speak in this somewhat short Third Reading debate on this Bill. I start by paying tribute to my colleagues who did the lion’s share of the work before my team and I came...

Prisoners' Release

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of prisons that have been authorised to release prisoners before the end of their sentence under the End of Custody Supervised...

Prisoners' Release

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released early under the End of Custody Supervised Licence scheme in each prison since 16 October 2023.

Prisoners' Release

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the end of custody supervised licence scheme was introduced.

Prisoners' Release

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, from which prisons prisoners will be released 18 days before their automatic release date; and what estimate he has made of the number of people who...

Reoffenders

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce reoffending among people (a) released early on licence, (b) convicted and awaiting sentencing and (c) receiving...

Prisoners' Release

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the numbers of electronic GPS tags available for prisoners on early release.

Prisoners' Release

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of prison places that will be made available as a result of the planned early release on licence scheme.

Prisoners' Release

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the impact of the early release scheme on the probation service.

Prisoners' Release

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of (a) early release and (b) a presumption against short sentences on victims.

Prison Capacity

Commons debates

As the Secretary of State acknowledged, to govern is to choose. His Government have chosen to fail victims and to fail the public. and to offer too little, too late to turn our failing criminal...

Prison Capacity

Commons debates

Thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. The Secretary of State was on his feet for about 15 minutes, his statement is...

Prisoner Escapes

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have absconded from (a) category A and (b) category B prisons since 2010; and which prisons did those incidents occur.

Prisoner Escapes

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have escaped from (a) category A and (b) category B prisons since 2010; and which prisons did those escapes occur from.

Prison Accommodation

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were in (a) category A and (b) category B prisons as of 11 September 2023.

Prisoner Escapes

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners who have (a) escaped and (b) absconded from category B prisons were (i) being held on remand for terrorism related charges, (ii)...

Special Category Prisoners

Ministry of Justice

Shabana Mahmood received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners were assessed to be in the wrong security categorisation since 2010.

Topical Questions

Shabana Mahmood made a speech in the House of Commons

Years of warnings and years of inaction—I am afraid that rather sums the Government up. On Sunday, the Justice Secretary told us that 40 prisoners have been moved from Wandsworth, claiming...