§ 35. Mr. SHINWELLasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, on the occasion of the Coronation, it is proposed to provide for a remission of terms of imprisonment for all or any class of inmates of His Majesty's prisons?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir John Simon)No, Sir. As I explained in answer to a similar Question last Session, there is a regular system by which prisoners earn remission by good conduct and industry, and proposals involving special clemency to persons who happen to be serving sentences of imprisonment on a particular date are open to obvious objection.
§ Mr. SHINWELLDoes not the right hon. Gentleman think this is a suitable occasion on which to display a little more clemency?