» Wednesday, February 28, 2007Probation Bill
Asked if the Prime Minister was expecting defeat on the Probation Bill this evening, the Prime Minister’s Official Spokesman (PMOS) replied that today was the day to put the arguments to the backbenchers. The important thing was to recognise that given the re-offending rate, while the probation service did a lot of good work, the status quo would not resolve this issue. The lesson was that no single sector could tackle this problem alone. Probation officers needed to be supplemented by other sectors - voluntary, private, charitable - to ensure that the situation could be turned around. The public sector could not do all that needed to be done in this area. Asked if the Prime Minister would be voting, the PMOS replied that he had not checked, but anticipated that the Prime Minister would be voting. Briefing took place at 9:00 | Search for related news Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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