§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received advocating the introduction of day prisons; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. HurdThe parliamenary all-party penal affairs group has recently re-affirmed support for a system of intermittent custody. Most of the organisations which have commented on the Government's decision, announced in the recent White Paper on "Criminal Justice", not to introduce such a system have supported the Government's line.