Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 17 March 2015.
Ian Lavery
Labour, Wansbeck
11:30,
17 March 2015
An obvious way of enhancing safety on the prison estate is by boosting morale, so why has there been a 0% pay award to prison staff and a threatened injunction from the Secretary of State if those staff dare to consider opposing this imposition?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
