Prisons and Courts Bill (First sitting)

Guy Opperman Excerpts

Committee Debate: 1st Sitting: House of Commons
Tuesday 28th March 2017 Public Bill Committees

[The Chair]

Are there any hon. Members who want to declare an interest before the end of the sitting?

[The Lord Commissioner of Her Majesty's Treasury (Guy Opperman)]

I declare an interest as a non-practising former barrister. I am still owed certain fees by the state and insurers even after seven long years, and I wrote a book called “Doing Time”, which unaccountably has not sold out, on prison reform—so I declare its existence.

[Richard Burgon]

I am a former practising solicitor—I am non-practising now. I used to be an employee of Thompsons solicitors who have an interest in matters discussed this afternoon.