HC Deb 30 June 1976 vol 914 cc191-2W
Mr. Peter Mills

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give an assurance that there will be no change in the lowering of the age of consent, notwithstanding the opinion of Judge Neil McKinnon on this subject.

Mr. John

We have no present plans for amending the law in relation to the age of consent. The Criminal Law Revision Committee is undertaking a comprehensive review of the law on sexual offences in England and Wales, and the age of consent naturally falls to be considered in the course of this review. Because this area of the law raises medical and social, as well as legal, questions, a Policy Advisory Committee on Sexual Offences has been set up to advise on these matters and provide an assessment of lay opinion.

leasing them with the cost of building new houses.

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the standards of accommodation required by the Prison Department personnel differ from Parker Morris standards as applied by local authorities.

Mr. John

Differences between Parker Morris standard houses and standard junior prison staff houses for four people and five people are as follows: —

prison staff houses for seven people are as follows: