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I am not sure that there is a good solution, but the drafting needs to be tightened up substantially. Ironically, people may look to the likes of yourself and the Law Society to provide alternative wording, so it may be time to reflect on that.
Instead of their investing for success in the 2021 season, we will see an awful lot of people going on to the redundancy list. They may lose hope and faith, and they will perhaps not return to their former employment, which may not be available for them next year.
I appreciate the point about contactless payments, which is one that the committee has not made this morning. That may be the direction of travel, if I may be pardoned the pun, with travel cards becoming less important and people using bank cards or mobile phones.
Now, they are taken by the governor in charge of each prison. Of course, some prisoners may wish to appeal against them, and there is an appeal process.
Those things need to be worked through, and that is what we are doing through transformation. It is not as simple as it may look on the surface. 10:30 Thank you.