§ 103. Mr. Dellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the increase in prison receptions attributable to Clause 10(1) of the Criminal Justice Bill, in the year following its enactment and in the subsequent year.
§ Mr. CarlisleNo such estimate can usefully be made, because it is not possible to predict in how many cases, where the courts are now required to suspend a prison sentence, they will pass340W an unsuspended sentence after Clause 10(1) takes effect, or the effect on the sentencing practice of the courts of other changes which the Bill will make.