Oral Question·Home Office
“Whether she plans to take steps to amend immigration rules to help tackle labour shortages in the agri-food industry across the UK.”
Tabled: 23 September 2021Answered: 18 October 2021
Asked by
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Sir Nicholas Dakin)
This Government’s plan to support women is clear and ambitious. The aim is to reduce the number of women going to prison, and our Women’s Justice Board will lead on this. Following Susannah Hancock’s review, which was published in March, this Government have acted to prevent girls from being held in young offenders institutions.