HC Deb 21 January 1965 vol 705 c111W
56. Brigadier Clarke

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why Niven Craig is allowed out on licence from Wormwood Scrubs when he still has eight years more to serve.

Miss Bacon

This prisoner, who has been almost continually in prison since 1952, has been transferred to a prison hostel from which he goes out to work under strict conditions. My right hon. Friend considered that this course was the appropriate one in the exceptional circumstances of his case.