House of Commons
Tabled 17 June 2019
2017-19 Session
2017-19 Session
That this House welcomes the Safe Inside report from the Joint Unions in Prisons Alliance, a coalition of nine national trades unions representing the majority of prison staff; is concerned by the health and safety emergency revealed by this report, with a quarter of prison officers, educators, nurses, administrative workers, cleaners and other staff surveyed personally experiencing physical violence in the last year, while half had been exposed to new psychoactive substances such as Spice; agrees with the report's conclusions that solutions to this crisis must include a tougher response to violent incidents, better health and safety reporting, specific action against psychoactive substances, a significant increase in the number of prison officers, and a meaningful investigation into the causes and effects of violence against prison staff; and calls on the Government to ensure as a matter of urgency that all reasonable steps are taken to improve health and safety conditions for all staff working in prisons, including a reversal of the dangerous cuts to prison budgets made since 2010 and the launch of a national violence reduction strategy in collaboration with all staff unions.
Signatures (31)
1
Stevens, Jo
Labour
17 June 2019
Primary
2
Glindon, Mary
Labour
17 June 2019
3
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
17 June 2019
4
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
17 June 2019
5
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
17 June 2019
6
Henderson, Gordon
Conservative
17 June 2019
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
17 June 2019
Davies, David T. C.
Conservative
17 June 2019
West, Catherine
Labour
17 June 2019
Cunningham, Mr Jim
Labour
17 June 2019
Cooper, Rosie
Labour
17 June 2019
Campbell, Mr Ronnie
Labour
17 June 2019
Rimmer, Ms Marie
Labour
17 June 2019
Green, Kate
Labour
17 June 2019
Hanson, David
Labour
17 June 2019
Reeves, Ellie
Labour
17 June 2019
Gaffney, Hugh
Labour
18 June 2019
Williamson, Chris
Independent
18 June 2019
Farrelly, Paul
Labour
18 June 2019
Penning, Sir Mike
Conservative
18 June 2019
Hopkins, Kelvin
Independent
19 June 2019
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
19 June 2019
Hermon, Lady
Independent
19 June 2019
George, Ruth
Labour
20 June 2019
Morris, Grahame
Labour
20 June 2019
Godsiff, Mr Roger
Labour
26 June 2019
Grogan, John
Labour
27 June 2019
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
02 July 2019
Western, Matt
Labour
03 July 2019
Abrahams, Debbie
Labour
15 July 2019
Crausby, Sir David
Labour
24 July 2019