§ 2. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to provide a scheme of constructive work which will make our prisons self-supporting financially and by encouraging useful production in them contribute to the wealth of the nation.
§ Mr. EdeI would refer my hon. Friend to the replies given to Questions by the hon. Member for Twickenham (Mr. Keeling) on 12th February and the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Mr. Lipson) on 18th March.
§ Mr. HughesDoes not the right hon. Gentleman agree that it would be financially desirable to employ these men in constructive work, which would have a beneficial effect upon their morale inasmuch as they would then know that they were making some useful contribution to public life?
§ Mr. EdeI desire to see this work extended as much as possible. As I have said in reply to previous Questions, I should be helped in this if I had a greater supply of suitable staff for supervision.