Catherine Atkinson

Catherine Atkinson

Labour — Derby North

Speaking in the House of Commons on 29 October 2025

Debate

Sentencing Bill

Contribution

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his response on work in prison. I completely agree that it makes a huge difference in enabling prisoners to stop their reoffending behaviour. When 80% of offending is reoffending, costing over £18 billion a year, it is clear that we need to enable people to turn their lives around. Does he agree that our communities will be safer when we are able to tackle reoffending rates?

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