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'The only persons protected by this obfuscation are Gavin Wheeldon and Crispin Blunt and those who are desperate to fly in the face of the evidence and maintain that the Framework Agreement is a success'
It was a bad week for solicitor-general Edward Garnier, starting with a ticking-off from the speaker for his "eccentric" habit of turning his back on the House while he was trying to reassure MPs concerned about the state of the monopoly contract on foreign language interpreting in courts (Eyes passim).
Was ALS misleading by exaggerating the number of 'experienced and qualified' interpreters that had registered with the company?
'Shafi, from Pakistan, was not asked to confirm his address or date of birth as an interpreter had not been provided'
