Speeches by Munt.

“You mentioned a helpline, do you run helplines that are free?”

“Not when you are in prison, when you are out.”

“Is it free?”

“You were talking about effectively gifting the kit—the equipment. Is that common, and can they take their equipment from one prison to another when they are moved? Does their kit go with them?”

“They can literally pick it up and take it with them, so they do not have the break.”

“I thank the Secretary of State greatly for giving way. I recognise what clauses 45 to 54 say about the mandatory duty in England to report child sexual abuse, and I wonder if I might draw her attention to the fact that there are exceptions dating back to 1603, under canon law, for confessions relating to treason. There…”

“Perhaps I might ask more about the generality. Could you explain to me what would not be available to His Majesty’s inspector? What would not be available to him?”

“Bearing in mind it is taxpayers’ money, it should have been stopped before it all—”

“Could you tell me what an RDEL and a CDEL are?”

“What does DEL mean?”

“I am very sorry, but I don’t understand what you are saying. If anybody is watching this, they might not understand either. I don’t know whether people spend their afternoons watching the Justice Committee, but frankly I hope they do.”

“I understand that; I couldn’t understand the acronym. I am completely cool with what you have now explained. Thank you.”

“I wondered what the costs of re-tendering the ISG work were.”

“When do you anticipate having some idea of the costs of the loss?”

“I might ask you to write to the Committee with some information about that as it comes along. Thank you.”

“Can you remind me when the contract was let?”

“Yes.”

“If we focus particularly on the work that they were undertaking for the two prisons that are being rebuilt—I recognise that there are other things, such as maintenance work—when was the last letting of that contract? When were they last scrutinised as financially fit and permitted by the Government to go ahead? What da…”

“He should have access to everything he needs to interrogate the veracity of the information he receives, and to be able to make a judgment, which can be utterly critical to the survival of some people’s careers—or not.”

“I would ask you to inform the Committee in writing, if you would. I would like to know that information about when the Government last decided that they were financially fit to take on work with the MOJ and others. I am particularly interested in the MOJ, and to have some understanding of when it was that the flags wen…”