Prisoner and Staff Safety

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 17 March 2015.

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Photo of John Martin McDonnell John Martin McDonnell Labour, Hayes and Harlington 11:30, 17 March 2015

The Secretary of State did not respond to the latter part of the question from my hon. Friend Ian Lavery, concerning the injunction he has threatened against the Prison Officers Association purely for convening a national executive committee meeting to discuss how to respond to the 0% pay rise. How can he justify this legal attack on the democratic rights of a trade union?

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