It really isn't good for taxpayers' money or good for victims of crime if people experience the criminal justice system and then go on to reoffend and reoffending rates are running at about 67% often in this area, so we need to get that figure down.
On the importance of reducing reoffending rates.
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I am immensely proud of what we achieved, in Opposition and in Government.
I have the honour to say that His Majesty the King has accepted our advice to grant Ruth Ellis a conditional pardon – the last woman to be hanged.
So I think in office we did a lot, but clearly those initial steps were problematic.
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