Written evidence to be reported to the House

Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:15 pm on 16 October 2007.

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Christine Lawrie: I think that, if you looked at VOOs in isolation, the answer would be “probably”, but I think that you have to look at them as part of a longer list of extra activities that may be small in themselves, but add up to a much bigger resource demand. So, the literal answer to your question is, “No, it probably would not make much difference”, but it does make a difference when it is a small, extra bit of work that is added to a pile of small, extra bits of work.