division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [9th Allotted Day] &#8212; Qualified Teachers &#8212; Probation Service
motion: <p class="" pid="b.986.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.986.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House applauds the important role of the professional Probation Service in keeping the public safe; recognises that more needs to be done to break the cycle of reoffending; notes that, without parliamentary approval, the Government plans to abolish local Probation Trusts, commission services from Whitehall, fragment the supervision of offenders on the basis of their risk level, and hand over supervision of 80 per cent of offenders to private companies; deplores the fact that under the Government&#8217;s plans supervision of dangerous, sexual and violent offenders may be undertaken by inexperienced and unqualified staff and by companies without any track record in this area, without any piloting or independent evaluation, all of which is taking unnecessary risks with public safety; and calls on the Government to suspend the national roll-out of its plans until evidence is made public that its proposals to reduce re-offending do not put public safety at risk.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.994.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from &#8220;House&#8221; to the end of the Question and add:</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.994.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;applauds the work already carried out by probation trusts and other agencies to turn offenders away from crime; and welcomes the Government&#8217;s proposals to build on that work to further reduce re-offending by extending support after release to offenders given short custodial sentences, introducing an unprecedented nationwide through-the-prison-gate resettlement service so that offenders are given continuous support by one provider from custody into the community, harnessing the skills and experience of trained professionals and the innovation and versatility of voluntary and private sector providers to support the rehabilitation of low and medium risk offenders and creating a new National Probation Service that will work to protect the public and will directly manage those offenders who pose a high risk of serious harm to the public.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p pid="b.1031.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 223, Noes 289.</p>