HC Deb 20 December 1966 vol 738 c281W
82. Mr. Emrys Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations have been received against the closing of Dartmoor Prison from people living in the locality; and what reasons they gave for making them.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

At the 1960 local inquiry, and subsequently, the local authorities and business interests expressed concern about the effect on local trade of closing the prison.