Speeches by Babarinde.

“T3. Swim England has an opportunity to allocate an underspend in the swimming pool support fund to project-ready pools such as Eastbourne Sovereign Centre, where I learned to swim. However, it has said that the current policy of two interventions per site is preventing it from doing so. Will the Secretary of State meet…”

“Thank you so much for your answers so far. In fact, you have covered a number of the things that I had some questions about. I would like to ask a little bit about training for prison staff, particularly prison officers, with a view to rooting out drugs within prisons. I know that the Unlocked graduate scheme has a foo…”

“Ditto, I am not a solicitor. I am Josh, Member of Parliament for Eastbourne.”

“Ditto, I am not a solicitor. I am Josh, Member of Parliament for Eastbourne.”

“We have spoken about drones. Drones are in the here and now as a form of technology that we have not been able to bust. At some point, based on some of the investment that has been discussed, we might be able to get on top of that. In the meantime, those who seek to smuggle drugs in prisons will have identified somethi…”

“Thank you so much for your answers so far. In fact, you have covered a number of the things that I had some questions about. I would like to ask a little bit about training for prison staff, particularly prison officers, with a view to rooting out drugs within prisons. I know that the Unlocked graduate scheme has a foo…”

“Understood. There are a bunch of hypotheses there, which we have discussed and which sound very credible, but it sounds like we have not tested those. That might be some work that needs to be done.”

“I am interested, though, in one of the points that you made. I appreciate you are not an expert in airport security. It seems to me, though, to be something missing if we are not looking for weaknesses and strengths in other parallel systems that we could learn from. Has that piece of work been done, to your knowledge?”

“I want to put on record—I am sure the members of the Committee would agree with me—that folks who work in our prisons and across our criminal justice system are good eggs in the main.”

“Charlie, you mentioned staff corruption as a means by which this smuggling can be facilitated. How do levels of staff corruption on or around the prison estate compare with levels in airport security, et cetera? Is there a particular problem securing our prison estate or is this consistent across similar sectors?”

“To what extent could we be better harnessing that innovation? In my career before this, I used to support kids out of crime and into employment. One of the things that we tried to do was to harness their innovation but flip it for something more positive. Could work be done with folks who have been in prison and who ma…”

“We have spoken about drones. Drones are in the here and now as a form of technology that we have not been able to bust. At some point, based on some of the investment that has been discussed, we might be able to get on top of that. In the meantime, those who seek to smuggle drugs in prisons will have identified somethi…”

“Understood. There are a bunch of hypotheses there, which we have discussed and which sound very credible, but it sounds like we have not tested those. That might be some work that needs to be done.”

“I am interested, though, in one of the points that you made. I appreciate you are not an expert in airport security. It seems to me, though, to be something missing if we are not looking for weaknesses and strengths in other parallel systems that we could learn from. Has that piece of work been done, to your knowledge?”

“I want to put on record—I am sure the members of the Committee would agree with me—that folks who work in our prisons and across our criminal justice system are good eggs in the main.”

“Charlie, you mentioned staff corruption as a means by which this smuggling can be facilitated. How do levels of staff corruption on or around the prison estate compare with levels in airport security, et cetera? Is there a particular problem securing our prison estate or is this consistent across similar sectors?”

“To what extent could we be better harnessing that innovation? In my career before this, I used to support kids out of crime and into employment. One of the things that we tried to do was to harness their innovation but flip it for something more positive. Could work be done with folks who have been in prison and who ma…”

“One of the best ways of tackling retail crime and associated antisocial behaviour among young people is through targeted preventive work with at-risk pupils in schools. An example is the guidance and welfare unit at Cavendish school in Eastbourne. That unit was set up by my former headteacher, Mr Fitzpatrick, who is in…”

“I thank everyone to whom the Minister rightly gave recognition, particularly the behind-the-scenes officials whose work we do not often see, but without whom such landmark legislation would not be possible. The Liberal Democrats welcome the Arbitration Bill, inasmuch as it represents a significant step forward in moder…”

“I rise in support of this Bill, which introduces important measures to modernise our arbitration framework. We Liberal Democrats welcome the approach that the Government have taken in refining the Bill’s provisions to ensure clarity and effectiveness. Clause 1 is a key part of this new Bill, and we are fond of the chan…”