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Debate between Mary Glindon and Oliver Dowden
Wednesday 23rd October 2019

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mary Glindon Portrait Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab)
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T6.   The Government’s previous offers to reduce the pension age of prison officers have included unrelated changes to their terms and conditions, such as a derisory three-year pay deal. Will the Minister agree to sit round the table with the POA union to negotiate this issue solely on its own?

Oliver Dowden Portrait Oliver Dowden
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We continue to engage with the prison officers union, but I would be happy to meet any people who wish to discuss this.