March 2014
MPs meeting 24th March 2014
There were 4 MPs who attended and about 7 others who sent their representatives. It was only a one hour meeting which finished sharply as the room had been booked afterwards, so realistically it only left time for a brief report to the MPs about how the Scheme was working and why it was taking more time than first envisaged. However, half the time was taken up with the MPs asking questions, mainly to POL, which because Parliamentary Protocol, details of individual cases could not be discussed.
The MPs have requested another meeting to be arranged for July, just before they break up for summer recess, and by then a number of cases should have gone through Mediation and it would have been possible to see how the Scheme has performed. So that was about the extent of the meeting, although a couple of the MPs did raise a few questions with POL that they were neither able nor willing to answer at the moment.
There were 4 MPs who attended and about 7 others who sent their representatives. It was only a one hour meeting which finished sharply as the room had been booked afterwards, so realistically it only left time for a brief report to the MPs about how the Scheme was working and why it was taking more time than first envisaged. However, half the time was taken up with the MPs asking questions, mainly to POL, which because Parliamentary Protocol, details of individual cases could not be discussed.
The MPs have requested another meeting to be arranged for July, just before they break up for summer recess, and by then a number of cases should have gone through Mediation and it would have been possible to see how the Scheme has performed. So that was about the extent of the meeting, although a couple of the MPs did raise a few questions with POL that they were neither able nor willing to answer at the moment.