Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 10 June 2013.
Steve McCabe
Labour, Birmingham, Selly Oak
2:30,
10 June 2013
Given that the Minister sought to make more prosecutions a central feature of his argument for replacing control orders with the TPIM regime, and that there has been very little progress in prosecution— I think there were three failed prosecutions for those who had breached their TPIM order—does the hon.
Gentleman regret making such proud boasts in the House that have proved so ridiculously optimistic, if not downright wrong?
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