§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library the representations he has received from representatives of professional bodies concerning his proposals to change the nature of the qualifications and training of probation officers. [27318]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerWe have received a large number of responses to the consultative proposals concerning probation officers' recruitment and qualifying training published earlier this year. It would not be appropriate for the to place copies of individual submissions in the Library, although when announcing the conclusions we expect to give an account of the nature and balance of the overall response. It is of course open to the hon. Member to approach directly those professional bodies in whose responses he has an interest, to establish whether they would be willing to make them available to him.