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MPs tear into probation sell-off Bill
'Uncosted' and dangerous plan exposed
Uncosted Con-Dem plans to hand responsibility for "violent criminals" to scandal-hit security privateers were banged to rights by opposition MPs in Parliament yesterday.
Another step was expected to be taken towards selling off 70 per cent of Britain's probation service as the Offender Rehabilitation Bill reached its second reading.
But not before Labour MPs and Plaid Cymru MP Elfyn Llwyd, the chairman of Parliament's justice union group, exposed the dangers posed to public safety by privatisation.
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