§ Mr. Nairnasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he will take in the case of William Jordan, who was originally charged with capital murder but, in whose case, a plea of culpable homicide was accepted by the Crown on the grounds of diminished responsibility, to ensure that he is no longer a danger to the public when he is due for release at the end of his sentence.
§ Mr. MaclayThe prison authorities keep under regular supervision the mental and physical condition of all prisoners in their charge; and if at any time during his sentence William Jordan were found to be certifiably insane he could be ordered to be detained in an appropriate institution, if necessary beyond the term of his sentence.