§ 72. Mr. P. Wellsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will ensure that men convicted of serious offences and liable to prove dangerous, are not, in future, sent to the Eastchurch open prison.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgePrisoners convicted of offences involving violence or considered likely to be dangerous have not been sent to Eastchurch prison, and no change of policy in this respect is contemplated. I am glad to have this opportunity of correcting certain inaccurate reports which have appeared on this subject.