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Senior officials from the Ministry of Justice faced ridicule and derision by MPs at the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee (15 October) when they examined the interpreting contract awarded by MoJ to Applied Language Solutions (ALS), now owned by Capita
Protection of the title 'Legal Interpreter' requires three elements: a qualification recognised and approved of both by interpreters and the MoJ, membership of a professional body and respect of service users
'What sort of interpretation quality do these people provide?'
'Without publishing a thorough analysis of interpreters’ usage in the criminal justice system (courts, tribunals, prisons, probation, police), it is futile to present any models as we do not have all the facts'