Member

Last Wednesday—I was not in the Chamber then, but I read his speeches—the Minister described the demoralisation of the Probation Service under the previous Government and the shambles of the aborted reorganisation plan. That had a serious effect on the morale and effectiveness of the Probation Service. We need more innovation and opportunity for rehabilitation in the Probation Service, both for offenders undertaking rehabilitative activities and for probation officers to have the opportunity to deliver what they are trained to do—namely, more rehabilitative activity.