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20th February, 2012. Dear Ms Carrad, SPSI wrote to the manager of the MoJ's Interpretation Project, Louisa Carrad: SPSI repeats its willingness to cooperate and secure a better service that we are certain, given Cambridgeshire Constabulary and WITS, that we can secure savings well in excess of 40% p.a. whilst guaranteeing quality and that the CJS is not paralysed by the current chaos. We ascribe the several instances of cases adjourned, interpreters not turning up or showing their inability to tackle the task that we are not confronted with teething problems but to a fundamentally flawed approach against which we warned repeatedly. It is nothing short of a shocking waste of public money and certainly contrary to public interest. SPSI also attaches a copy of the letter sent by V. Reding, EU Commissioner for Justice, to the Chairman of APCI, Geoffrey Buckingham that shows the repeated assurances uttered and written by MoJ officials and ministers that the new system complies with the EU directive 2010 on interpreting has no credibility. I am ccing your colleagues Julie Homer and Graham Anderson as well as other interested parties and organisations. Yours sincerely, Prof. G. A. Makin Chairman SPSI Ltd.

20-Feb-2012

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