§ 7. Miss WILKINSONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is now in a position to make a statement with regard to the case of Mrs. Cunningham, of Middlesbrough; and whether it is his intention to review the case with a view to remission of the sentence?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir Herbert Samuel)I had instituted inquiry in this case, and, after consulting the stipendiary magistrate who passed the sentence, I have felt justified in authorising Mrs. Cunningham's discharge from prison this morning and advising the remission of the remainder of the sentence.