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Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4 for Thursday,

the 23rd of October, when a group of MPs wanted to know why the government was spending

millions of pounds

on an empty prison that might never reopen.

This is a really, really unsatisfactory situation.

And I think a little bit of contrition that you got this wrong

would go a long way to make this committee a little bit more satisfied.

There are calls for ministers to rethink funding for Scotland's fishing fleet.

Despite more than 75% of all species caught landed by Scottish vessels, we are offered a mere 7.78%

of the fund. And as MPs Mark Black History Month, a minister says there's still work to be done.

A senior businessman contributing millions to our economy told me recently about going out in Buckinghamshire for a pub lunch

and being told to go home. He was home. But first, it's one of the most famous prisons in England,

but Dartmoor has been closed since August last year and may never reopen.

All the inmates were removed after high levels of radon, a radioactive gas were detected.

Levels of the gas may be higher in areas rich in granite, such as Dartmoor.

It increases the risk of lung cancer. In spite of the problems,

the government could end up paying millions of pounds to the Duchy of Cornwall, because it renewed

its lease on the prison in 2022. When senior officials appeared before the Public Accounts Committee,

a Labour member, Clive Betts,

challenged the most senior civil servant at the Ministry of Justice, the permanent secretary,

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