Probation Services | Commons debates I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has consistently raised these issues in the past year to 18 months.
Probation Services | Commons debates I pay tribute to the work of Baroness Corston, which has informed policy over many years.
Probation Services | Commons debates I think it is morally right to harness whatever we can to help us deal with not only offenders, but the causes of offending.
Probation Services | Commons debates I am always happy to encourage free association of workers. It is part of who we are as a civilised society. The hon.
Probation Services | Commons debates I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, who I know takes a keen interest in these issues.
Probation Services | Commons debates I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He knows that I value the work that he did prior to his election to this House very greatly indeed.
Probation Services | Commons debates The hon. Gentleman will be glad to know that that is precisely the approach I take. I have a strategy—it is called reducing reoffending.