As someone who was present at that time, and who would count themselves as a reasonably good friend of Lord Reid, I think there is a different interpretation and that the Minister is taking this out of context. Lord Reid had no experience of the many private sector providers, such as Capita and G4S, that are being sought for this role but that now have a different focus and profile because they have failed. With that experience, do we really want to destabilise a wonderful profession and give it to companies such as those?
Offender Rehabilitation Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Barry Sheerman
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 January 2014.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Offender Rehabilitation Bill.
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