§ 16. Sir EVELYN CECILasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the recommendations of the recent departmental committee on the treatment of young offenders have yet been officially considered or approved; and, in particular, whether it is intended to adopt the policy of erecting a limited number of central remand houses for their detention?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir William Joynson-Hicks)The recommendations are being considered as a whole, and it is not possible yet to announce any conclusion, but I am very sympathetic to a system of remand homes. It is largely a matter of expense.