Prison Conditions — 12 Feb 2001

Gwyneth Dunwoody MP, Crewe and Nantwich voted with the majority (No).

I beg to move,

That this House notes with concern the comments of the Director General of the Prison Service, in which he criticised intolerable conditions and referred to a number of prisons as 'hell holes', and the Reports of the Chief Inspector of Prisons which described appalling conditions at certain prisons; and calls on the Government to take urgent action to improve conditions in Her Majesty's Prisons, in order to enable them better to fulfil their role of protecting the public.

I beg to move, To leave out from "House" to the end of the Question, and to add instead thereof:

"supports the policy of Her Majesty's Government to make prisons work better to reduce reoffending and thus cut crime; welcomes the improved investment in the Service, and the improved performance

Question put, That the original words stand part of the Question:--

The House divided: Ayes 159, Noes 248.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 122 (+2 tell)077.5%
Independent1 0050.0%
Lab245 (+2 tell) 0059.2%
LDem0 37078.7%
PC2 0050.0%
Total:248 159065.2%

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