36212
2007-08
1891
Cost Of Telephone Calls For Prisoners
Linda Riordan
2008-06-25
That this House welcomes the super-complaint on the high cost of telephone calls for prisoners lodged with Ofcom by the national consumer councils of England, Scotland and Wales and supported by the Prison Reform Trust; is concerned that the cost of a 30-minute call from a prison to a landline is over seven times more expensive than the equivalent call from a public payphone; is further concerned at the persistently high cost of telephone calls for prisoners, at a time when costs for other basic telephone services have fallen by 60 per cent.; notes that prisoners are six times less likely to reoffend if they have a supportive family network to return to when they come out, and that almost half of people in prison lose contact with their families during their sentence; and calls on the Government to ensure that current and future contracts for providing telephone services for prisoners require providers to charge fair prices.
Administration of justice
Prisons
Telecommunications
Linda Riordan
2008-06-25
Proposed
Halifax
Labour
David Heath
2008-06-25
Seconded
Somerton & Frome
Liberal Democrat
Ann Cryer
2008-06-25
Seconded
Keighley
Labour
John McDonnell
2008-06-25
Seconded
Hayes and Harlington
Labour
Katy Clark
2008-06-25
Seconded
North Ayrshire and Arran
Labour
Neil Gerrard
2008-06-25
Seconded
Walthamstow
Labour
Kelvin Hopkins
2008-06-25
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Peter Bottomley
2008-06-25
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
David Taylor
2008-06-26
Signed
North West Leicestershire
Labour
David Anderson
2008-06-26
Signed
Blaydon
Labour
Lynne Jones
2008-06-26
Signed
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Labour
Eric Illsley
2008-06-26
Signed
Barnsley Central
Labour
Adrian Sanders
2008-06-30
Signed
Torbay
Liberal Democrat
Bob Spink
2008-06-30
Signed
Castle Point
UKIP
Jeremy Corbyn
2008-06-30
Signed
Islington North
Labour
Mike Hancock
2008-06-30
Signed
Portsmouth South
Liberal Democrat
Chris McCafferty
2008-07-01
Signed
Calder Valley
Labour
Jim Devine
2008-07-01
Signed
Livingston
Labour
Norman Baker
2008-07-01
Signed
Lewes
Liberal Democrat
David Amess
2008-07-01
Signed
Southend West
Conservative
David Drew
2008-07-01
Signed
Stroud
Labour
Harry Cohen
2008-07-01
Signed
Leyton and Wanstead
Labour
Martin Caton
2008-07-01
Signed
Gower
Labour
Colin Breed
2008-07-01
Signed
South East Cornwall
Liberal Democrat
Doug Naysmith
2008-07-01
Signed
Bristol North West
Labour
Chris Mullin
2008-07-01
Signed
Sunderland South
Labour
Alan Simpson
2008-07-02
Signed
Nottingham South
Labour
Dai Davies
2008-07-02
Signed
Blaenau Gwent
Independent
Stephen Williams
2008-07-02
Signed
Bristol West
Liberal Democrat
Lorely Burt
2008-07-02
Signed
Solihull
Liberal Democrat
Rudi Vis
2008-07-02
Signed
Finchley and Golders Green
Labour
Bill Etherington
2008-07-02
Signed
Sunderland North
Labour
Michael Clapham
2008-07-02
Signed
Barnsley West and Penistone
Labour
Alan Meale
2008-07-02
Signed
Mansfield
Labour
Elfyn Llwyd
2008-07-02
Signed
Meirionnydd Nant Conwy
Plaid Cymru
Evan Harris
2008-07-02
Signed
Oxford West and Abingdon
Liberal Democrat
Mark Durkan
2008-07-02
Signed
Foyle
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Julie Morgan
2008-07-03
Signed
Cardiff North
Labour
Clare Short
2008-07-03
Signed
Birmingham, Ladywood
Independent Labour
Brian Jenkins
2008-07-03
Signed
Tamworth
Labour
John Battle
2008-07-07
Signed
Leeds West
Labour
Phil Willis
2008-07-07
Signed
Harrogate and Knaresborough
Liberal Democrat
Joan Walley
2008-07-07
Signed
Stoke-on-Trent North
Labour
Keith Vaz
2008-07-07
Signed
Leicester East
Labour
Frank Cook
2008-07-07
Signed
Stockton North
Labour
Vincent Cable
2008-07-07
Signed
Twickenham
Liberal Democrat
Janet Dean
2008-07-09
Signed
Burton
Labour
John Leech
2008-07-09
Signed
Manchester, Withington
Liberal Democrat
Jennifer Willott
2008-07-09
Signed
Cardiff Central
Liberal Democrat
Simon Hughes
2008-07-14
Signed
North Southwark and Bermondsey
Liberal Democrat
Desmond Turner
2008-07-14
Signed
Brighton, Kemptown
Labour
Edward O'Hara
2008-07-15
Signed
Knowsley South
Labour
Tom Brake
2008-11-05
Signed
Carshalton and Wallington
Liberal Democrat