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March 2012 — Public Or Private Sector Prisons?
Minutes of the All-Party Penal Affairs Parliamentary Group, held on 6 March 2012 at 5.00 pm in Committee Room 6 Speakers – from the Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge Professor Alison Liebling, Director of the Prison Research Centre, and Dr Ben Crewe, Penology Director and Deputy Director, Prison Research Centre. Download the slides from […]
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January 2012 — Prison And Community Chaplaincy
Minutes of the All-Party Penal Affairs Parliamentary Group, held on 24 January 2012 at 5.00 pm in Committee Room 6 Multi-faith prison chaplaincy and community chaplaincy Speakers from Chaplaincy HQ, National Offender Management Service: The Revd Canon Michael Kavanagh, Anglican Advisor Mr Ahtsham Ali, Muslim Advisor Paul Goggins MP opened the meeting on behalf of Lord […]
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October 2011 – Community Justice
Minutes of the All-Party Penal Affairs Parliamentary Group, held on 18 October 2011 at 5.00 pm in Committee Room 8 Community Justice Speakers: Lord Dholakia, Inquiry Panel Chairman John Thornhill, Magistrates’ Association Chairman and Inquiry Panel Member Lord Ramsbotham opened the meeting on behalf of Lord Corbett, who was unwell and had sent his apologies. […]
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June 2011 – AGM and Kenneth Clarke MP
Speaker: The Rt Hon Kenneth Clarke MP, QC, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke MP, Secretary of State began by thanking the chair for inviting him and saying how glad he was to be there. He said he was not going to talk for long because he preferred to answer questions. He […]
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June 2011 – Arts in prison
Speakers: Tim Robertson, Chair of the Arts Alliance and Chief Executive of the Koestler Trust, and two former prisoners, Francesca and John, talking about how the arts have impacted upon their lives. Lord Ramsbotham welcomed everyone, in his capacity as Vice Chair of the Penal Affairs Group, to a joint meeting with the Arts and Heritage […]
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February 2011 – Perspectives On Breaking The Cycle
Minutes of the All-Party Parliamentary Penal Affairs Group held on 1 February 2011 at 5.00 pm in Committee Room 5 Perspectives on ‘Breaking the Cycle: Effective Punishment, Rehabilitation and Sentencing of Offenders’ Speakers: Eoin McLennan-Murray, President, Prison Governor’s Association Sue Hall OBE, Chair and John Budd, Vice Chair, Probation Chiefs Association Lord Corbett welcomed everyone […]
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January 2011 – Archbishop of Canterbury
Speaker: The Most Revd & Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Corbett welcomed everyone to the meeting, expressing particular pleasure that Archbishop Rowan had found time to be with them. The Archbishop would speak for around 15 minutes and has invited Juliet Lyon, Director of the Prison Reform Trust to respond. He would […]
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July 2010 – Crispin Blunt MP
The annual general meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Penal Affairs Group took place in committee room G at the House of Lords on Tuesday 6 July. Here we publish a transcript of his speech. Introduction As a minister for all of two months I am grateful for the opportunity to colleagues tonight – on a […]
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June 2010 – Women’s centres and the Corston agenda
Speakers: Clare Jones, Joint Chief Executive, WomenCentre, Calderdale and Kirklees and Chair of Women’s Centre Forum Rokaiya Khan, Chief Executive, Together Women, Yorkshire and Humberside Pip Tibbetts, Partnerships Manager, Bradford, West Yorkshire Probation Area Sister Lynda Dearlove, Director, Women at the Well, King’s Cross, London Clive Chatterton. Governing Governor, HMP Prison and YOI Styal. And […]
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2 March 2010: The Future Of The Parole Board
Speakers: Sir David Latham, Chairman, and Linda Lennon CBE, Chief Executive The Parole Board for England and Wales Present: Lord Ramsbotham (in the chair) Lord Dear Lord Judd Baroness Masham of Ilton Lord Ramsbotham opened the meeting and welcomed the speakers. He noted that it was two or three years since the group had heard […]
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2 February 2010: Circles Of Support And Accountability
Speakers: Stephen Hanvey Chief Executive Circles UK A Core Member A Circles Volunteer The Right Reverend James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool Present: Julie Morgan MP (in the chair) Lord Dear Lord Dholakia Lord Fellowes Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Madeleine Moon MP Baroness Masham of Ilton Baroness Thomas of Walliswood Observers: Kate Akester Mark […]
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19 January 2010: The Case For The Rehabilitation Of Offenders (amendment) Bill
Speakers: Lord Dholakia and Paul Cavadino Present: Peter Bottomley MP Lord Dear Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts Baroness Howells Julie Morgan MP (in the chair) Lord Judd Baroness Masham of Ilton In the absence of Lord Ramsbotham, Julie Morgan MP took the chair, saying that unfortunately she would need to leave the meeting early. Lord […]
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June 2015 — Prisons And Probation: Opportunities And Risks
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the All-Party Penal Affairs Parliamentary Group held on 23 June 2015 Speakers Michael Spurr, Chief Executive, National Offender Management Service (NOMS) Present Lord Ramsbotham, in the chair Fiona Bruce MP Kate Green MP Dominic Grieve QC MP Lord Harris of Haringey Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill Baroness Howe […]
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November 2012 — Bank Accounts And Insurance: Access In Prison And Beyond
Minutes of the All-Party Penal Affairs Parliamentary Group, held on 20 November 2012 at 5.00 pm in Committee Room 7 Speakers: Chris Bath, Executive Director UNLOCK Lloyd Adams, British Bankers’ Association Nick Starling, Director of General Insurance, Association of British Insurers Jonathan Smith, St Giles Trust Present: Paul Goggins MP, in the chair Damian Hinds MP […]
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November 2011 – The Sentencing Council: 18 months on
Minutes of the All-Party Penal Affairs Parliamentary Group, held on 22 November 2011 at 5.00 pm in Committee Room 6, House of CommonsThe Sentencing Council: 18 months on Speaker: The Right Honourable Lord Justice Leveson Chairman of the Sentencing Council Lord Ramsbotham opened the meeting on behalf of Lord Corbett, who was unwell and had sent […]
