Employment of People with Criminal Convictions Debate
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Lord Carter of Haslemere
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Employment of People with Criminal Convictions
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Lord Bellamy (Con)
My Lords, I will have to come back to the noble Lord on that question, as I am not in a position to answer it straightaway.
Lord Carter of Haslemere (CB)
My Lords, I declare my interest as a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust. An impressive 10% of Timpson’s workforce are ex-offenders. Its chief executive said on the radio just a few days ago that they are among his best employees, no doubt because they are highly motivated to succeed. In addition to the Government encouraging businesses to employ more ex-offenders, which I strongly support as a key to rehabilitation, are government departments doing anything to recruit more ex-offenders?