§ Mr. Storeyasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the case of Mrs. Florence McDonald, aged 21 years, sentenced, within three weeks of her third confinement, to three months imprisonment for theft from a gas-meter; and whether he will see that this sentence is postponed until it can be served without involving the child accompanying its mother to gaol?
§ Sir S. HoareI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave yesterday to Questions on this subject by the hon. Member for Fulham West (Dr. Summerskill). As regards the second part of the Question, Mrs. McDonald accompanied by her child was taken to prison1690W on being sentenced. I have no power to order the postponement of a sentence of imprisonment.