§ Sir N. GRATTAN-DOYLEasked the Home Secretary whether he has under consideration the further closing of prisons; if so, what prisons it is intended to close; and to what use it is proposed to put the sites?
§ Mr. CLYNESThe only prison for the closing of which definite arrangements 1607W have been made is that at Plymouth. I am, however, considering a proposal made by the Kent County Council for the purchase of Maidstone Prison, and, as I informed my hon. Friend the Member for Islington North (Mr. R. S. Young) last week, I should be prepared to examine proposals to acquire one of the London prisons for housing purposes.