Home Affairs - Minutes of Evidence

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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 7 March 2006.

Taken before the Home Affairs Committee

TUESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2005

Members present:

Mr John Denham, in the Chair

Mr Richard Benyon	Nick Herbert
Colin Burgon	Steve McCabe
Mr James Clappison	Gwyn Prosser
Mrs Ann Cryer	Mr Gary Streeter
Mrs Janet Dean	Mr David Winnick

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CONTENTS

Examination of Witnesses

Witnesses: Mr John Raine, Chair, Probation Boards' Association (and Chair of Derbyshire Probation Board), Mr Harry Fletcher, Assistant Secretary General, National Association of Probation Officers, Ms Daphne Wickham, Deputy Senior District Judge, Bow Street Magistrates' Court, and Mr Rob Allen, Chairman, CLINKS, examined.

Question Number

1 - 19

20 - 39

40 - 59

60 - 61

Examination of Witnesses

Witnesses: Rt Hon Baroness Scotland of Asthal QC, a Member of the House of Lords, Minister for Criminal Justice Reform and Offender Management, Mr Roger McGarva, Deputy Director-General, National Probation Service, Mr Guy Boersma, Programme Director, Commissioning and Contestability, National Offender Management Service, and Ms Jane Anderson, Head, Management of Offenders Bill Team, National Offender Management Service, Home Office, examined.

Question Number

62 - 79

80 - 99

100 - 119

120 - 138

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Prepared 7 March 2006