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An investigation is being carried out by the company at the centre of a nationwide outcry over its failure to provide interpreters after a Bradford Crown Court robbery trial was abandoned because a translator failed to turn up
'The Framework Agreement must be scrapped and the contract with ALS must be stopped because the terms of the agreement have been breached'
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).
'Shafi, from Pakistan, was not asked to confirm his address or date of birth as an interpreter had not been provided'
