PROBATION SERVICE

That this House believes that the Probation Service in England and Wales must be permitted to carry out its statutory duties unhindered by unnecessary Government interference; further believes that National Offender Management Service bureaucracy is of questionable value and that the Government's managment of the Probation Service has been inadequate and the cause of loss of staff and staff morale and of a deterioration in the quality of services and the level of protection to the public; and therefore urges Her Majesty's Government to review its policies with regard to the Probation Service.