Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

What assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of sentences of less than three months in reducing reoffending.

Tabled: 6 November 2018Answered: 13 November 2018

Asked by

Matt Western

LabourWarwick and Leamington

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

The Deputy Prime Minister

My hon. Friend is right—waiting lists are down by 3,200 in his local area—and he is also right to highlight the progress with our plan to get the NHS back on its feet. Thanks to this Labour Government’s decisions, waiting lists have fallen by over 300,000 since the election, and we have delivered 5.2 million extra appointments, slashed ambulance response times and recruited 3,000 more GPs. Meanwhile, the hon. Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) confirmed at the weekend that Reform would support privatisation of the national health service. Labour will never let it happen. Reform cannot be trusted with our national health service.