HC Deb 14 June 1968 vol 766 cc82-3W
Mr. Dance

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will postpone the closure of the women's wing of the Brockhill Remand Centre until full inquiries as to the possible case of the Women's Hospital at Winson Green has been considered.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

My right hon. Friend is not able to postpone the closure beyond the end of this month because the nursing supervision needed cannot any longer be provided at Brockhill. He is examining the possibility of providing accommodation in the Midlands in which women and girls appearing before the courts may be detained overnight when this seems desirable. The use of the former women's hospital in Birmingham prison for this purpose has been carefully considered but found impracticable.

Mr. William Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which prison or centre it is planned to detain women who are remanded by Coventry Magistrates' Court when the proposed closure of the women's wing at Brockhill Remand Home is effected.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

Women will be detained in Holloway prison and girls under 21 years in the separate remand centre there. My right hon. Friend is examining the possibility of providing accommodation in the Midlands where women and girls may be detained overnight.

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