§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce pilot schemes on electronic tagging this year.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill includes provision for the introduction of electronically monitored curfew orders in selected areas; and the explanatory and financial memorandum to the Bill explained the intention to conduct pilot trials accordingly. Subject to parliamentary approval of this provision, I propose to make curfew orders available to the courts on a pilot basis, starting in the new year. Manchester is one of three areas in which such trials might take place.