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Speeches of Mr. and Mrs. Fowler from the PIA meeting in Birmingham for those who missed it
The job of an interpreter is normally to be in the background, not the focus of attention. But this year some normally calm voices have been raised in protest.
A new contract to provide interpreters to the UK's justice system has brought chaos to the courts. Most registered public service interpreters are refusing to work under the new contract. They took their protest to the streets of London to call for the agreement to be scrapped.
Speaking at the Interpreters4Justice demonstration in London, Shadow Justice Minister Andy Slaughter MP explains why a new contract to provide court interpreters cannot continue.