Nandy defends Lammy after prison errors

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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy said the government “absolutely backs” Justice Secretary David Lammy following criticism over a mistaken prison release. She said Lammy has introduced new emergency checks, met prison governors, and broken ground on a new prison in Leicestershire to address failings inherited from the Conservatives. Report by Etemadil. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We absolutely back David Lammy. He's done, even in the last few days, he's called together prison governors.

00:07He has established a new set of emergency checks on people being released from prison.

00:15And he has brought in one of the most distinguished people in the country to get a grip on the chaos that we inherited.

00:22It's really important that he's able to get on with that work, as well as building new prisons in this country.

00:28He broke ground on a new one in Leicestershire, and we absolutely back him as a cabinet and as a government.

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