During a House of Commons debate, James spoke about the importance of community payback schemes where offenders carry out unpaid work in the community, tagging to reduce alcohol-related crime, and more police in Norfolk.
In his speech, James welcomed plans to increase community payback hours to 8 million a year – 2 million hours more than has happened before - over the next three years. People can get involved by nominating projects to clean up litter, paint and decorate village halls, plant trees, or other schemes locally where a community payback group can assist - nominate here.
He also spoke about how tagging was helping to reduce offending with alcohol tags showing very high sobriety levels where individuals have an alcohol abstinence requirement.
James explained that payback and tagging were part of this government’s focus on standing up for victims, recruiting more police, and ensuring offenders face tough penalties while getting support to reduce reoffending.
The first job of any government is to keep people safe, and this government is committed to cutting crime and reforming our justice system so that it serves the law-abiding majority.
