20% of all MPs supported Probation Service...

It wasn't very long ago that an Early Day Motion 622 in support of the Probation Service
was voted in favour by 20% of MP's.

Regrettably the Justice Secretary 0.15% disagrees.

PROBATION SERVICES IN ENGLAND AND WALES

• Session: 2012-13
• Date tabled: 23.10.2012
• Primary sponsor: McDonnell, John
• Sponsors: 
  • Anderson, David
   
  • Lavery, Ian
   
  • Llwyd, Elfyn
   
  • Meale, Alan
   
  • Wood, Mike

That this House welcomes the news that the Probation Service in England and Wales won the British Quality Foundation Gold Medal for Excellence in 2011; notes that no Probation Trust is deemed to be failing or in need of improvement; further notes that each Probation Trust in England and Wales is meeting its target on the production of court reports, victim satisfaction and the successful completion of orders or licences; and acknowledges the achievements of the Probation Service in England and Wales for carrying out its work efficiently and effectively.

Name	Party	Constituency	Date Signed
Allen, Graham	Labour Party	Nottingham North	18.01.2013
Anderson, David	Labour Party	Blaydon	23.10.2012
Baldry, Tony	Conservative Party	Banbury	26.11.2012
Barron, Kevin	Labour Party	Rother Valley	10.12.2012
Bayley, Hugh	Labour Party	York Central	13.12.2012
Benton, Joe	Labour Party	Bootle	22.11.2012
Betts, Clive	Labour Party	Sheffield South East	31.10.2012
Blackman, Bob	Conservative Party	Harrow East	21.01.2013
Blackman-Woods, Roberta	Labour Party	City of Durham	11.12.2012
Blomfield, Paul	Labour Party	Sheffield Central	18.12.2012
Blunt, Crispin	Conservative Party	Reigate	17.12.2012
Bottomley, Peter	Conservative Party	Worthing West	17.12.2012
Brady, Graham	Conservative Party	Altrincham and Sale West	13.11.2012
Brooke, Annette	Liberal Democrats	Mid Dorset and North Poole	17.01.2013
Brown, Nicholas	Labour Party	Newcastle upon Tyne East	25.02.2013
Bruce, Fiona	Conservative Party	Congleton	05.11.2012
Burden, Richard	Labour Party	Birmingham Northfield	08.11.2012
Burstow, Paul	Liberal Democrats	Sutton and Cheam	28.01.2013
Campbell, Menzies	Liberal Democrats	North East Fife	08.11.2012
Campbell, Ronnie	Labour Party	Blyth Valley	24.10.2012
Cash, William	Conservative Party	Stone	05.12.2012
Caton, Martin	Labour Party	Gower	25.10.2012
Champion, Sarah	Labour Party	Rotherham	11.02.2013
Clwyd, Ann	Labour Party	Cynon Valley	30.01.2013
Coffey, Ann	Labour Party	Stockport	20.12.2012
Connarty, Michael	Labour Party	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	19.11.2012
Cooper, Rosie	Labour Party	West Lancashire	19.11.2012
Corbyn, Jeremy	Labour Party	Islington North	26.10.2012
Crausby, David	Labour Party	Bolton North East	30.10.2012
Crockart, Mike	Liberal Democrats	Edinburgh West	19.11.2012
Cryer, John	Labour Party	Leyton and Wanstead	05.12.2012
Cunningham, Jim	Labour Party	Coventry South	12.11.2012
Cunningham, Tony	Labour Party	Workington	06.11.2012
Danczuk, Simon	Labour Party	Rochdale	20.11.2012
Davies, Geraint	Labour Party	Swansea West	19.11.2012
Dobbin, Jim	Labour Party	Heywood and Middleton	25.10.2012
Dobson, Frank	Labour Party	Holborn and St Pancras	26.11.2012
Doran, Frank	Labour Party	Aberdeen North	22.11.2012
Dowd, Jim	Labour Party	Lewisham West and Penge	12.11.2012
Edwards, Jonathan	Plaid Cymru	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	24.10.2012
Ellman, Louise	Labour Party	Liverpool Riverside	19.12.2012
Engel, Natascha	Labour Party	North East Derbyshire	17.12.2012
Esterson, Bill	Labour Party	Sefton Central	28.11.2012
Farrelly, Paul	Labour Party	Newcastle-under-Lyme	26.11.2012
Farron, Tim	Liberal Democrats	Westmorland and Lonsdale	05.12.2012
Field, Frank	Labour Party	Birkenhead	08.11.2012
Flynn, Paul	Labour Party	Newport West	08.11.2012
Galloway, George	Respect	Bradford West	24.10.2012
Gapes, Mike	Labour Party	Ilford South	31.10.2012
George, Andrew	Liberal Democrats	St Ives	23.01.2013
Glass, Pat	Labour Party	North West Durham	25.02.2013
Glindon, Mary	Labour Party	North Tyneside	01.11.2012
Godsiff, Roger	Labour Party	Birmingham Hall Green	31.10.2012
Goggins, Paul	Labour Party	Wythenshawe and Sale East	19.11.2012
Goodman, Helen	Labour Party	Bishop Auckland	28.11.2012
Halfon, Robert	Conservative Party	Harlow	03.12.2012
Hamilton, Fabian	Labour Party	Leeds North East	19.11.2012
Hancock, Mike	Liberal Democrats	Portsmouth South	29.10.2012
Havard, Dai	Labour Party	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	31.10.2012
Henderson, Gordon	Conservative Party	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	25.10.2012
Hepburn, Stephen	Labour Party	Jarrow	29.11.2012
Heyes, David	Labour Party	Ashton under Lyne	30.10.2012
Hoey, Kate	Labour Party	Vauxhall	07.01.2013
Hopkins, Kelvin	Labour Party	Luton North	29.10.2012
Horwood, Martin	Liberal Democrats	Cheltenham	27.11.2012
Howarth, George	Labour Party	Knowsley	13.11.2012
Hughes, Simon	Liberal Democrats	Bermondsey and Old Southwark	20.12.2012
Hunt, Tristram	Labour Party	Stoke-on-Trent Central	19.12.2012
Huppert, Julian	Liberal Democrats	Cambridge	26.11.2012
Johnson, Alan	Labour Party	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle	08.11.2012
Kaufman, Gerald	Labour Party	Manchester Gorton	09.11.2012
Lammy, David	Labour Party	Tottenham	22.01.2013
Lavery, Ian	Labour Party	Wansbeck	23.10.2012
Leech, John	Liberal Democrats	Manchester Withington	29.10.2012
Lloyd, Stephen	Liberal Democrats	Eastbourne	13.02.2013
Llwyd, Elfyn	Plaid Cymru	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	23.10.2012
Long, Naomi	Alliance Party	Belfast East	21.11.2012
Love, Andrew	Labour Party	Edmonton	17.01.2013
Lucas, Caroline	Green Party	Brighton Pavilion	05.11.2012
Mahmood, Khalid	Labour Party	Birmingham Perry Barr	12.12.2012
Mann, John	Labour Party	Bassetlaw	25.02.2013
Marsden, Gordon	Labour Party	Blackpool South	07.02.2013
McDonald, Andy	Labour Party	Middlesbrough	15.01.2013
McDonnell, John	Labour Party	Hayes and Harlington	23.10.2012
McGovern, Alison	Labour Party	Wirral South	14.01.2013
Meacher, Michael	Labour Party	Oldham West and Royton	18.12.2012
Meale, Alan	Labour Party	Mansfield	24.10.2012
Mearns, Ian	Labour Party	Gateshead	19.11.2012
Mercer, Patrick	Conservative Party	Newark	17.12.2012
Miller, Andrew	Labour Party	Ellesmere Port and Neston	20.11.2012
Mitchell, Austin	Labour Party	Great Grimsby	05.11.2012
Mordaunt, Penny	Conservative Party	Portsmouth North	21.01.2013
Morden, Jessica	Labour Party	Newport East	09.01.2013
Morris, Grahame M	Labour Party	Easington	09.11.2012
Mudie, George	Labour Party	Leeds East	06.11.2012
Mulholland, Greg	Liberal Democrats	Leeds North West	27.02.2013
Pearce, Teresa	Labour Party	Erith and Thamesmead	27.02.2013
Powell, Lucy	Labour Party	Manchester Central	16.04.2013
Pugh, John	Liberal Democrats	Southport	08.11.2012
Qureshi, Yasmin	Labour Party	Bolton South East	07.11.2012
Reckless, Mark	Conservative Party	Rochester and Strood	26.11.2012
Rogerson, Dan	Liberal Democrats	North Cornwall	26.11.2012
Rotheram, Steve	Labour Party	Liverpool Walton	31.10.2012
Ruddock, Joan	Labour Party	Lewisham Deptford	06.11.2012
Russell, Bob	Liberal Democrats	Colchester	15.01.2013
Sanders, Adrian	Liberal Democrats	Torbay	05.11.2012
Sheerman, Barry	Labour Party	Huddersfield	26.11.2012
Skinner, Dennis	Labour Party	Bolsover	25.10.2012
Streeter, Gary	Conservative Party	South West Devon	05.12.2012
Stringer, Graham	Labour Party	Blackley and Broughton	19.11.2012
Stunell, Andrew	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Grove	21.11.2012
Sutcliffe, Gerry	Labour Party	Bradford South	03.12.2012
Swales, Ian	Liberal Democrats	Redcar	01.02.2013
Tami, Mark	Labour Party	Alyn and Deeside	11.02.2013
Thurso, John	Liberal Democrats	Caithness Sutherland and Easter Ross	09.11.2012
Turner, Karl	Labour Party	Kingston upon Hull East	19.11.2012
Vaz, Valerie	Labour Party	Walsall South	09.11.2012
Vickers, Martin	Conservative Party	Cleethorpes	20.11.2012
Walley, Joan	Labour Party	Stoke-on-Trent North	07.01.2013
Ward, David	Liberal Democrats	Bradford East	27.11.2012
Williams, Hywel	Plaid Cymru	Arfon	24.10.2012
Williams, Mark	Liberal Democrats	Ceredigion	30.10.2012
Williams, Roger	Liberal Democrats	Brecon and Radnorshire	11.03.2013
Williams, Stephen	Liberal Democrats	Bristol West	11.12.2012
Wilson, Sammy	Democratic Unionist Party	East Antrim	20.11.2012
Wood, Mike	Labour Party	Batley and Spen	23.10.2012
Woodward, Shaun	Labour Party	St Helen's South and Whiston	13.11.2012
Wright, David	Labour Party	Telford	30.01.2013

Even so, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling's judgement is that the  Excellent Gold Medal Winning Probation Service is to be dismantled and privatised.

While in The Guardian today Shadow Secretary MP Sadiq Khan says that failing private prisons should be renationalised and accused  the Justice Secretary, of having made a "catastrophic misjudgment" after he praised the "supersized" 1,605-place Oakwood in Staffordshire as his favourite prison.

Let's hope that Probation doesn't have to fail before it is renationalised!!!! Surely Minister Grayling has got better things to do than messing about with things that are working!!!!