Catherine Atkinson

The public are safer when people leave prisons with the skills to find work and stay out of crime. Despite the Coates review calling for education to be put “at the heart of the prison regime”, a deca

T3. Before the Budget, I wrote to the Chancellor to flag that many of the challenges facing the Ministry of Justice were rooted in long-term financial pressures. Austerity saw justice spending cut by

I am conscious of the number of people who want to speak in this debate, so I will continue. It is not said often enough that this country’s dogged belief in fair rules for everyone is also a secret i

I thank the hon. Member for his contribution. I acknowledge that there are many categories of people who we want to ensure have real priority. The Government already have the ambition to halve the num

The Budget was great news for Derby—particularly the £2.5 billion investment with Rolls-Royce to develop the next generation of aircraft engine and keep us at the forefront of this country’s reindustr

Derby built the engines that powered the Spitfire. In the Budget, the Chancellor announced a £2.5 billion joint investment by Government and Rolls-Royce to develop the next generation of aircraft engi