§ Sir A. WILSONasked the Home Secretary whether and, if so, when it is proposed to give legislative effect to the recommendation of the Persistent Offenders Committee to enable courts to pass sentences of detention other than imprisonment on persons requiring medical treatment who are not certifiably insane or mentally defective?
§ Sir J. SIMONI regret that I am not at present in a position to say when it may be possible to introduce legislation on the lines recommended by the Committee.