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The current incumbent of the post of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Dame Anne Owers, is stepping down at the end of her second period of office. Mr Nicholas Har

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Appointment of HM CPS Chief Inspector : Third report of session 2009-10, report, together with formal minutes, oral and written Evidence

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