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The noble Baroness, Lady Fox, quite rightly raised how mental health problems are so very profound within prisons. This is especially so in women’s prisons. I reassure noble Lords that when I have been to Ashworth Hospital the level of care received by patients is extraordinary. The point about the transfer from there back to prison is one we should be very aware of because there is often a big jump between being in a secure hospital to being within a prison environment.