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Three people have indicated that they want to keep the petition live and to give the petitioners a chance to respond to the latest Executive response; two members have said that they would rather we stopped the petition and allowed the petitioners to introduce a new petition.
Even after taking into account refurbishment and new build within the existing estate, we estimate that around 2,200 of the required new prisoner places will need to be provided by the construction of new prisons.
There you are—there's a quick reaction. There are always two sides to a coin. As was said this morning, councils have a lot of power within existing law—they might even have the power for which they are asking.