Forensic Science Service: Chepstow
Wales
Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009
David Davies (Monmouth, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what meetings he has had to discuss the future of the Forensic Science Service Laboratory in Chepstow in the last eight months.
Peter Hain (Secretary of State, Wales Office; Neath, Labour)
I have discussed this issue with both the Home Secretary and with the hon. Member for Newport East. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State also visited the Chepstow laboratory in September to discuss the transformation with staff there.
I can assure the hon. Member that the Government will work closely through Job Centre Plus and others with those affected by the Forensic Science Service Transformation program to give them all the support they need at this unsettling time.