Section one Introduction Context members in developing their work and fulfilling their NPM responsibilities, and to represent the NPM in public and with external stakeholders, including the United Nations and the OPCAT Sub-Committee (SPT). A key task for the future will be to ensure that the 20 organisations, with their different mandates, duties and powers, work collectively and individually across the four jurisdictions of the United Kingdom to reduce ill-treatment and ensure the best possible systems are in place to prevent its occurrence. John Wadham NPM Chair, May 2016 to present 7