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Lord Beith (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 8 September 2026

Debate

Criminal Justice Reform

Contribution

My Lords, we have more of our population in prison than most other countries. Will that situation not continue and get even worse, and promote even more crises, until the Government explain to the public that enormous resources are spent building and staffing prisons and that those resources are not being used in the way most likely to reduce reoffending?

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