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Debate between Lord Grayling and Pat Glass(11 years, 10 months ago)
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Chris Grayling
The issue is not about the original convention, which contains a sensible balance of rights and responsibilities. The issue is about how far we have moved over 60 years from the original intentions of those who wrote the convention. That is why a change is desperately needed.
Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab)
11. What plans he has for the future of the probation service; and if he will make a statement.
Pat Glass (North West Durham) (Lab)
T7. What is the minimum percentage that the Justice Secretary thinks needs to be in a contract for it to be considered a payment-by-results scheme?
Chris Grayling
I have been very clear that I find it profoundly unsatisfactory that people who get sentences of less than 12 months are not provided with supervision post-prison. The changes that we have put in place will include that group and people who receive community sentences. We must remember that 80% of those who end up in our prisons have completed a community sentence, so that part of our system is not working either.