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MSPs are due to vote on legislation to end automatic early release for prisoners jailed for more than four years.

Currently, offenders are automatically released after serving two-thirds of their sentence.

The bill would allow parole boards to recommend that those serving long-term sentences spend their full term in custody.

But opposition MSPs have raised concerns about post-prison supervision.

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The prime minister has paid tribute to England's former chief inspector of schools Sir Chris Woodhead, who has died. 

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Here's a bit more too from Michael Gove on legal aid cuts - hugely controversial in the last parliament, you'll remember. He said that while "change was required to save money", he was "committed to making sure that we protect access to justice for everyone accused of a crime, and safeguard and improve the quality of the legal advice and advocacy in our criminal courts".

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The new chairman of the Work and Pensions select committee Frank Field says he plans to launch an inquiry into the government's delayed Universal Credit scheme.

Mr Field  says he hopes to conduct a joint inquiry with the Public Account Committee - and to work with officials from the National Audit Office. Mr Field is a long standing critic of Universal Credit and has previously described it as "a disaster" that would "rot the soul" of claimants.

Mr Field says he hopes to present his findings to the cabinet committee chaired by the work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith. Aides to Mr Duncan Smith  today defended the gradual roll out of Universal Credit and said it has now been introduced in nearly 50% of job centres.

However most of the claims involve single male claimants and easier benefit cases. Some job centres in the North West are also introducing Universal Credit for couples and families. Tax credits are due to become part of Universal Credit in 2018/19.

No timetable has been given for the final implementation of Universal Credit which bring together all the main benefits in one payment.

Here's some more from Justice Secretary Michael Gove's speech - a section on the court estate. It certainly sounds as though he believes some buildings are surplus to requirements.

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"My heart sank when we were all told we've got to repeat the mantra that we will cut less than the Conservatives and borrow less than Labour," Norman Lamb says.

When he's challenged about why he went along with that, he adds: "I rarely said it."

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Norman Lamb says he'll stick with the brief he had as a minister - care - as his number one priority. He says it's "an outrage" that so many carers are paid less than the minimum wage, and those sorts of salaries don't produce good care.

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"I think the electorate had no idea who we were on 7 May. I think we have to punch very, very hard on two or three matters," Tim Farron says, and lists housing as one of those. He says Labour "will sit on the fence" and the Conservatives are "selling off housing association properties", so "that issue is ours, it tells people who we are." 

Likewise on immigration, Mr Farron adds: "We're the people who will say hang on, immigration is a blessing not a curse. Maybe 70% of people will disagree with us, but you know what, I'll have 30%."

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Norman Lamb is asked about the allegations that members of his campaign team broke data protection rules and criticised Tim Farron in phone calls to members. Mr Lamb agrees with an audience member that the actions were "shocking". "It's not an acceptable thing to do."

Mr Farron says he "100% accepts Norman's apology".

Victoria Derbyshire suggests Mr Farron's views on abortion could have been discussed as they might be viewed by some as "illiberal" - she quotes a speech from 2007 in which he called abortion "wrong".

Mr Farron says he isn't saying abortion should be illegal but it is "always a tragedy". An audience member disagrees, saying it's a choice. Pressed on whether he believes abortion is wrong, Mr Farron answers indirectly: "I am pro the law remaining as it is."

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Norman Lamb has also suggested that he would want to see a system where all Lib Dems across the UK would be able to vote online on policy debates at the party's conferences - rather than the policy-making votes being restricted to people who have travelled to the annual gatherings.

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On the subject of Nick Clegg, Norman Lamb says he bore "enormous amounts of personal criticism with good grace" and acted in the national interest. Tim Farron says history will be kind to him and Nick Clegg's resignation speech actually "moved people" - 20,000 of them to join the party.

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Tim Farron says he's "really proud of Norman" and the work he did on mental health while in government. "The tragedy is" - he keeps using the T word - "that Norman can't do those things any more."

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What's the difference between you, Victoria Derbyshire asks. "Not a lot," replies Tim Farron.

Norman Lamb cites the issue of assisted dying - he is in favour of legalising it, his opponent is not. Mr Lamb says it's an issue "of the rights of the individual against the state". Mr Farron says he's against it "on the basis of the evidence," rather than primarily his faith, as Mr Lamb suggested earlier.

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On the subject of tuition fees, an audience member says raising the fees puts more pressure on young people to spend huge amounts to go to university because they don't believe there's another option for them.

Norman Lamb argues that the system is better in some ways - you don't pay back until you're earning well, he argues.

Tim Farron adds: "This was never about tuition fees, it was about trust."