26004
2003-04
126
Prisoners On Remand
Paul Stinchcombe
2003-11-26
That this House notes that more than 50,000 people, innocent until proven guilty, are imprisoned each year awaiting trial; notes that half of prisoners on remand do not subsequently receive a custodial sentence; further notes that one in five people remanded in custody are eventually acquitted or have the proceedings against them terminated early with little or no compensation; understands that for all of these reasons Lord Woolf called for remand prisoners to have a separate statement of purpose, separate conditions and a lower security categorisation than convicted prisoners in his report into the Strangeways riot; is alarmed that, 12 years on, remand prisoners continue to be accommodated in some of the worst conditions in overcrowded local jails, conditions which the former Director of the Prison Service has called primitive; further notes, in particular, that many remand prisoners are sharing cells designed for one with convicted prisoners, that they can be locked up for up to 22 hours a day, and that more than a third of prison suicides last year were committed by people awaiting trial; and therefore calls upon Her Majesty's Government to act urgently both to improve the conditions for people awaiting trial in prison and to reduce the needless use of custodial remand.
Paul Stinchcombe
2003-11-26
Proposed
Wellingborough
Labour
Valerie Davey
2003-11-26
Signed
Bristol West
Labour
Betty Williams
2003-11-26
Signed
Conwy
Labour
Ann Widdecombe
2003-11-26
Signed
Maidstone & The Weald
Conservative
Rudi Vis
2003-11-26
Signed
Finchley & Golders Green
Labour
Jenny Tonge
2003-11-26
Signed
Richmond Park
Liberal Democrat
Peter Bottomley
2003-11-26
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
Jane Griffiths
2003-11-26
Signed
Reading East
Labour
Neil Gerrard
2003-11-26
Signed
Walthamstow
Labour
Edward Garnier
2003-11-26
Signed
Harborough
Conservative
Huw Edwards
2003-11-26
Signed
Monmouth
Labour
Janet Dean
2003-11-26
Signed
Burton
Labour
Claire Curtis-Thomas
2003-11-26
Signed
Crosby
Labour
Helen Clark
2003-11-26
Signed
Peterborough
Labour
Martin Caton
2003-11-26
Signed
Gower
Labour
Annette Brooke
2003-11-26
Signed
Mid Dorset & North Poole
Liberal Democrat
George Mudie
2003-11-26
Signed
Leeds East
Labour
Alan Meale
2003-11-26
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
John McDonnell
2003-11-26
Signed
Hayes & Harlington
Labour
Robert Marshall-Andrews
2003-11-26
Signed
Medway
Labour
Alice Mahon
2003-11-26
Signed
Halifax
Labour
Elfyn Llwyd
2003-11-26
Signed
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Plaid Cymru
Nigel Jones
2003-11-26
Signed
Cheltenham
Liberal Democrat
Lynne Jones
2003-11-26
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Julie Morgan
2003-11-26
Signed
Cardiff North
Labour
Colin Breed
2003-11-27
Signed
South East Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Brian White
2003-11-27
Signed
North East Milton Keynes
Labour
Paul Tyler
2003-11-27
Signed
North Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Simon Thomas
2003-11-27
Signed
Ceredigion
Plaid Cymru
Paul Keetch
2003-11-27
Signed
Hereford
Liberal Democrat
Glenda Jackson
2003-11-27
Signed
Hampstead & Highgate
Labour
Bob Russell
2003-11-27
Signed
Colchester
Liberal Democrat
Tom Brake
2003-11-27
Signed
Carshalton & Wallington
Liberal Democrat
Frank Cook
2003-12-01
Signed
Stockton North
Labour
Ann Cryer
2003-12-01
Signed
Keighley
Labour
Robert Wareing
2003-12-01
Signed
Liverpool, West Derby
Labour
Kevin McNamara
2003-12-02
Signed
Kingston upon Hull North
Labour
Sue Doughty
2003-12-02
Signed
Guildford
Liberal Democrat
Tom Cox
2003-12-03
Signed
Tooting
Labour
Mike Hancock
2003-12-03
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Harry Barnes
2003-12-03
Signed
North East Derbyshire
Labour
Matthew Green
2003-12-04
Signed
Ludlow
Liberal Democrat
Edward Davey
2003-12-04
Signed
Kingston & Surbiton
Liberal Democrat
Michael Clapham
2003-12-04
Signed
Barnsley West & Penistone
Labour
Eric Illsley
2003-12-04
Signed
Barnsley Central
Labour
Lady Hermon
2003-12-08
Signed
North Down
UUP
Bill Etherington
2003-12-09
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
Vera Baird
2003-12-10
Signed
Redcar
Labour
Rob Marris
2003-12-11
Signed
Wolverhampton South West
Labour
Win Griffiths
2003-12-11
Signed
Bridgend
Labour
Paul Marsden
2003-12-16
Signed
Shrewsbury & Atcham
Liberal Democrat
Alan Simpson
2003-12-18
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Karen Buck
2003-12-18
Signed
Regent's Park and Kensington North
Labour
Tony Clarke
2003-12-18
Signed
Northampton South
Labour
Mike Wood
2003-12-18
Signed
Batley & Spen
Labour
Vincent Cable
2004-01-06
Signed
Twickenham
Liberal Democrat
Brian Cotter
2004-01-08
Signed
Weston-Super-Mare
Liberal Democrat
David Hamilton
2004-01-20
Signed
Midlothian
Labour
Terry Davis
Withdrawn