HC Deb 20 November 1952 vol 507 c193W
100. Mr. Lee

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent his decision to extend the working hours of prisoners will result in a diversion in the supply of work from Government Departments away from Remploy factories.

Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe

My right hon. and learned Friend the Minister of Labour and I, in consultation with the other Departments concerned, are collaborating with a view to securing a greater volume of work for priority suppliers such as the Prison Commission and Remploy. We do not expect that an extension of prisoners' working hours would have any such effect as the hon. Member suggests.