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Hello, I'm Susan Hume and this is the Today in Parliament podcast for Thursday the 15th of May.

Coming up, the government defends its decision to let some prisoners out of jail early in England and Wales.

On our current trajectory, we will hit zero capacity in our prisons in November.

We cannot allow that to happen.

Also, a senior MP becomes emotional, as she lists vulnerable benefits claimants who've died.

Emma Day, Tangs the Talbot, Nazarenderson, Afalobi, a journey.

And more anger in the lords over the failure to protect arts and culture from AI.

One campaigner says if any other industry were affected.

Would the government stand by and suggest the cost of regulation was too great

to stop a multi-billion-pound industry being plundered.

But first, MPs have expressed deep concern about the safety of the victims of domestic abuse

as the government prepares to free up prison space in England and Wales.

More than a thousand offenders will be let out early.

Those serving one to four years who are returned to prison for breaching the terms of their release

will now be held for no longer than 28 days.

Normally they could be detained for the rest of their full sentence.

The Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmoud made the announcement in Downing Street on Wednesday,

to the anger of the speaker who complained that once again ministers were making major announcements outside Parliament

where they could not be questioned by MPs. So called to the Commons this morning by the opposition,

it was left to the more junior justice minister, Sir Nick Dakin, to explain the policy.

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