Committee to hold evidence session on Brook House Immigration Removal Centre

G4S to appear before Home Affairs Select Committee to respond to questions following the BBC Panorama investigation into the running of Brook House Immigration Removal Centre

The programme, which was aired earlier this month, highlighted serious issues with the running of Brook House, including:

• ·         Endemic drug-taking (both Spice and cannabis)
• ·         Under-staffing
• ·         Bullying amongst staff and of detainees
• ·         Allegations of assault, racial abuse and mocking of detainees by G4S staff
• ·         Cases of self-harm and attempted suicide amongst detainees
• ·         Failure to report incidents of C&R (control and restraint) or refusal to eat

Witnesses

At 9.45 am

• Reverend Nathan Ward, former Duty Director at Brook House
• James Wilson, Director, Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group

At 10.30 am

• ·         Peter Neden, Regional President, UK and Ireland, G4S
• ·         Jerry Petherick, Managing Director, Custodial and Detention Centres, G4S

FURTHER INFORMATION: 

Committee Membership is as follows: 

Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP (Chair, Labour, Normanton, Pontefract & Castleford)

Christopher Chope MP (Conservative, Christchurch)

Stephen Doughty MP (Labour, Cardiff South and Penarth)

Preet Gill MP (Labour, Birmingham, Edgbaston)

Sarah Jones MP (Labour, Croydon Central)

Tim Loughton MP (Conservative, East Worthing and Shoreham)

Stuart C. McDonald MP (Scottish National Party, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)

Esther McVey MP (Conservative, Tatton)

Will Quince MP (Conservative, Colchester)

Naz Shah MP (Labour, Bradford West)