Oral Question·Department for Transport
“What recent discussions he has had with transport authorities on the progress of the East West Rail consultation.”
Tabled: 17 June 2021Answered: 24 June 2021
Asked by
Mohammad Yasin
Labour — Bedford
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Transport
Answer from Hansard
The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Shabana Mahmood)
SDS40—the standard determinate sentences early release scheme—was an emergency measure that we had to take to avert the complete collapse of the criminal justice system following the shocking inheritance left to us by the previous Government. The emergency measure is not, of course, the solution to the crisis that we inherited. That is why we will build the 14,000 prison places that we need, and have launched the independent review of sentencing.