§ Mr. Russellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to increase the maximum penalty for wilful and malicious damage to property to include imprisonment.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe courts already have power to impose sentences of imprisonment for malicious damage to property. The maxima for the commonest type of offence range from two months imprisonment for damage amounting to £5 or less to five years for an offence committed at night and tried on indictment.