government moving in the opposite direction whether it s one hmpps programme which has triggered a formal dispute with the probation unions because it pursues probation even further into presence? ihmd even further into presence? and crateful even further into presence? and grateful to even further into presence? and grateful to the even further into presence? fific grateful to the honourable gentleman. it is nice to be answering questions from him again which i did when he was shadow secretary of state. the hmpps programme is about different parts of the system working well together to create a system that delivers the outcomes society wants to see. i would take the opportunity to pay tribute to her all the staff and the probation service, he pumped me in a tribute to her all the staff and the probation service, he pumped me tribute to her all the staff and the robation service, he umed me tribute to iter all the staff and the protatuon semve ire pumped me would have their cases
it was then the owner was destroyed, people are losing their livelihoods, there is no point asjust supervising with people in those circumstances when the governance could have taken action to make it far less likely that they would have everything they owned ruined in the first place. thank you very much indeed, shadow secretary of state for the environment. and before we go, just to bring you some of that breaking news again. the very sad news that derek draper, former political advisor and author, has died aged 56. he had been living with complications from covid since contracting the disease in march 2020. his wife, kate galloway, said he died with his family by his side. she has also written a fairly lengthy instagram post describing how he suffered cardiac arrest at the end of last year, and his recovery from that was also complicated by his having contracted
world is anchored in their professionalism and sacrifice. i believe you will increasingly call upon them in the years ahead and we be sure that they are ready to answer that call. i commend this statement to the house.- statement to the house. shadow secretary of statement to the house. shadow secretary of state statement to the house. shadow secretary of state for statement to the house. shadow secretary of state for defence. . statement to the house. shadow secretary of state for defence. i | secretary of state for defence. would secretary of state for defence. i would thank the minister for our advance copy of this. i want to stop paying tribute to his time in this house. he is a political survivor. i remember his firstjob in 2020. sorry, 2010, it was pps to ken clarke. forthe sorry, 2010, it was pps to ken clarke. for the last four years he has been a dedicated defence secretary and i want to recognise his work with ukraine and the armed
should get that by about 5:30pm this afternoon. he also talked about how it would be premature to make any statement about where we go from here, about the impact of the strikes before we get that data. and wes streeting, as you heard, the shadow secretary of state for health, labour s representative, describing him as the invisible man and describing that he and the prime minister were absent from these discussions last week so it would be interesting to see what figures the nhs come out with around five o clock when the data is published. jim, we will talk again when the figures are published. thank you for now. the uk prime minister rishi sunak is being investigated by pa rliament s standards commissioner. the bbc understands the investigation is in relation a childcare firm his wife has shares in. the commissioner said the investigation concerns a declaration of interest. downing street said they would be happy to assist the commissioner. our political correspondent nick eardley to