Member

This is particularly important at the moment, because the surge that will come from this release programme—which we may or may not agree is a good thing—will lead to extra work, as many, I am afraid, will reoffend quickly on release. Often their lives are upside down, and they start drinking again and quickly get back into it. I am afraid that burglars carry on burgling and drug dealers carry on dealing drugs; it is what they know. Unless we have somebody to intervene at that significant point in their career, more people and more victims will accumulate. That worries me. Those are the three areas that I would like some reassurance from the Government on, given their plans.