Assault against Prison Officers

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Attorney-General – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 6 January 2015.

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Photo of Chris Heaton-Harris Chris Heaton-Harris Conservative, Daventry 11:30, 6 January 2015

I thank the Attorney-General for his answer. As he knows, my Constituency contains two prisons and a secure training centre, so I would like to be sure that a prison officer who is the victim of assault would be entitled to exactly the same service as other victims outside prisons.

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