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Labour’s Shadow Justice Minister, Yasmin Qureshi MP, responding to The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ warning that psychiatric care in prisons is at breaking point,  said:

“Prison suicides in 2016 were at the highest level ever recorded. Incidents of self-harm are also on the increase. This is hardly surprising given that the psychiatrists who work in prisons feel unable to do their job.  Poor mental health, combined with a lack of prison staff, is endangering inmates, officers, and healthcare professionals.  Friday’s fire at Guys Marsh attests to the acute nature of the crisis.

“The Justice Secretary must recognise that there is nothing in the Prisons and Courts Bill to deal with this worsening situation.  We need concrete measures now to improve mental health and restore safety in our prisons.”

China’s second-child policy pushed the fertility rate up to more than 1.7 last year, an increase from between 1.5 and 1.6 between 2000 and 2015, Wang Pei’an, deputy minister in charge of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, told a news … read more

I am glad the PM has agreed to delay NI proposals and has confirmed that the Chancellor will listen to concerns. They will receive a report on the wider issue of self employed status and will also consider the differences in benefits between the self employed and other employees.

I am still consulting my constituents on the issue and will welcome their views on these wider issues as well as on Mr Hammond’s tax increase proposal.I will then put suggestions to the Chancellor.

Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, answers questions at a press conference for the fifth session of the 12th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinha] Foreign and Chinese enterprises will continue to be… read more

Miao Wei, minister of industry and information technology, answers questions at a press conference for the fifth session of the 12th NPC in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2017. [Photo/Xinha] Foreign and Chinese enterprises will continue to be… read more