§ 87. Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will recommend a Christmas amnesty for the three police officers who were gaoled in connection with the Challenor case and who have now served more than half their sentence.
§ Miss BaconNo. My right hon. and learned Friend indicated in replies to a Question by my hon. Friend on 4th November he has ascertained that the circumstances in mitigation were fully taken into account before sentence was passed in these cases and he regrets that he would not be justified in recommending any exercise of the prerogative.