John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan the drugs would have been less than 85p. By the time of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon Conflict, Reid was no longer Defence Secretary, having been succeeded by Des Browne. On 3 February 2010, Reid gave evidence about his role as Defence Secretary to the Iraq Inquiry. Reid was appointed Home Secretary on 5 May 2006, replacing Charles Clarke after the latter was removed in the wake of a Home Office scandal involving the release of foreign national prisoners. On 2 July 2006, Reid proposed a Bill for the autumn Queens Speech, to be brought into law at the next session of
Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners as to bring about a reduction in crime." PROP's foundation meeting was held in Hull and was attended by 60 people. Speakers included Norwegian sociologist Thomas Mathiesen, Jack Ashwell local branch secretary of the TGWU and Ros Kane from Radical Alternatives to Prison. The sociologist Mike Fitzgerald took on the role of Press Officer. Later, on 4 August 1972, PROP organise a 24-hour general strike involving 10,000 prisoners in 33 prisons in favour of the demands in the PROP charter. The prisons involved included: Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners Preservation of the Rights of Prisoners (PROP) was a prisoner's