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I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for his assiduous campaigning on this important issue.

In the Gracious Speech last week, the Queen outlined this Government’s plans to recover from the covid-19 pandemic and to build back a bette

The hon. Gentleman speaks with a lot of experience, not just as a Member of this House but as a former police and crime commissioner.

Of course, Her Majesty’s Prison Bristol will be near to or in the hon. Lady’s constituency.

In a word, yes.

Volumes of possession actions remain significantly low as a result of measures that we took in response to the pandemic.

With respect to the hon. Lady, I think that her concerns are wholly misplaced; I would be kind enough to say that.

I am grateful to the hon. Lady.

I remind the hon. Gentleman that in the context of those recommendations, prison officers received rises of between 2.5% and 7.5%.

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise an issue that affects many people.