§ 13. Fiona MactaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what help she is giving to poorer countries to improve the administration of justice and prisons. [147650]
§ Clare ShortInsecurity caused by crime, is—as the Voices of the Poor study showed—a major concern for poor people, ranking in importance with hunger, unemployment and lack of safe drinking water. We are supporting programmes of reform to make the justice system as a whole more responsive to the needs of poor people in Bangladesh, Jamaica, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda.
Our new approach designed to make justice systems work for the poor is described in detail in the DFID publication "Justice and Poverty Reduction", which has been placed in the Library of both Houses.