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Tue 28th Mar 2017
Prisons and Courts Bill (First sitting)
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Committee Debate: 1st Sitting: House of Commons

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Prisons and Courts Bill (First sitting)

Guy Opperman Excerpts
Committee Debate: 1st Sitting: House of Commons
Tuesday 28th March 2017

(7 years, 7 months ago)

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None Portrait The Chair
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Are there any hon. Members who want to declare an interest before the end of the sitting?

Guy Opperman Portrait The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury (Guy Opperman)
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I declare an interest as a non-practising former barrister. I am still owed certain fees by the state and insurers even after seven long years, and I wrote a book called “Doing Time”, which unaccountably has not sold out, on prison reform—so I declare its existence.

Richard Burgon Portrait Richard Burgon
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I am a former practising solicitor—I am non-practising now. I used to be an employee of Thompsons solicitors who have an interest in matters discussed this afternoon.