Part of Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:00 am on 22 November 2007.
Edward Garnier
Shadow Minister (Justice)
10:00,
22 November 2007
I do not think that I heard the hon. Lady say this—I hope that I did not—but is she suggesting that the ombudsman needed to be directed by the Secretary of State to look into Yarl’s Wood, or that he was utterly reluctant to do so?
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