Statement on prisons and probation
28 April 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Lord Bach, Justice Minister, repeated a ministerial statement on prisons and probation services in the House of Lords on 27 April
- Lords Hansard: Prisons and probation
- About Parliament: Ministerial statements
- Companion to the Standing Orders in the House of Lords: Statements
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