Lammy: I did not have detail on prison releases

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Justice Secretary David Lammy says he did not tell the Commons about the mistaken release of two prisoners from Wandsworth prison because at that time he "did not have all of the detail".  Report by Keechl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00I first found out about this on Wednesday morning.

00:05I was in the department, both learning from officials,

00:09but also preparing for Prime Minister's questions.

00:13At the dispatch box, I did not have all of the detail.

00:17That detail was actually released just later,

00:21after I had finished at Prime Minister's questions.

00:24I took the judgment that it is important when updating the House

00:30and the country about serious matters like this

00:33that you have all of the detail.

00:35I was not equipped with all of the detail.

00:38And the danger is that you end up misleading the House and the general public.

00:42So that is the judgment I took.

00:44I think it's the right judgment.

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