35. Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many expectant mothers received gaol sentences during the years 1965 and 1966; and how many children were born to mothers undergoing prison sentences in the same years.
§ Miss BaconThe information asked for in the first part of the Question is not available. In 1965, 38, and in 1966, 41, women and girls serving prison sentences gave birth to babies in outside hospitals. One baby was born in 1965, and two in 1966, to women in prison.
§ Mr. SpeakerMr. Mitchell? Sir Malcolm Stoddart-Scott—Question No. 37.
§ Mr. ShinwellOn a point of order, Mr. Speaker. May I put a supplementary question on No. 35?
§ Mr. SpeakerI have called Question No. 37.