Prisons

The Justice Committee will hear from the Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice in England and Wales, plus his deputy, during the first evidence session in Parliament on Tuesday, 18 March of its new inquiry into the Work of the County Court.

Failed efforts to increase prison capacity results in endemic overcrowding amid safety risks, increasing violence and hampered rehabilitation efforts

The Justice Committee will hear from education providers and experts during the second evidence session in Parliament on Tuesday 11 March of its inquiry into rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending.

Tackling drugs in prisons: MPs to hear latest evidence of their extent and impact across the prison estate

The Justice Select Committee seeks to appoint up to three Specialist Advisers for its inquiry into the rehabilitation and resettlement of offenders

The inquiry will look into the supply of drugs into prisons, the involvement of organised criminal gangs in the distribution and trafficking of drugs in prisons, and more

Care for patients with allergies, the Imprisonment for Public Protection prison population, supply and quality of homes, and humanitarian assistance for the people of Ukraine on the Lords agenda. Catch up

The Justice Committee launches its first new inquiry of the Parliament entitled ‘Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending’

The President of the Courts of England and Wales and Head of the Judiciary of England and Wales, will take questions from the Justice Committee

Call for evidence launched for inquiry into prison governance, leadershp and staffing

Members discuss prisons, public libraries, African markets, Atlantic salmon populations and the impact of conflict on children. Catch up

Members discuss changes on the Parole Board as line by line examination concludes. Catch up

The Governors of Wales’ five prisons will appear before the Welsh Affairs Committee as MPs continue evidence gathering on ‘Prisons in Wales’