Prisons and Courts Bill (First sitting)
Debate between Guy Opperman and Richard Burgon
Committee Debate: 1st Sitting: House of Commons
Tuesday 28th March 2017
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Tuesday 28th March 2017
(7 years, 1 month ago)
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The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury (Guy Opperman)
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
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.