§ Mr. O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will next meet the officers of the Prison Officers Association to discuss recruitment and training.
§ Mr. MellorRecruitment and training were among the wide range of subjects discussed when my right hon. and learned Friend met the chairman and general secretary of the Prison Officers Association on 18 December. These matters also regularly arise when my right hon. and learned Friend and I meet local branches of the POA in the normal course of visiting prisons. Recruitment and training issues are regularly discussed with the POA at official level within Whitley council procedures.