HC Deb 02 May 1966 vol 727 c74W
Mr. Iremonger

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will name the six members of the Royal Commission on the Penal System who initially resigned, the two who resigned subsequently, and the eight who wished to continue.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

The six members of the Royal Commission who initially tendered their resignations wereLady Adrian, D.B.E. Mr. T. C. N. Gibbens, M.B.E., M.D., M.R.C.S. The Lord Bishop of Exeter. Professor Leon Radzinowicz, LL.D. Mrs. Beatrice Serota. The Baroness Wootton of Abinger. The two who subsequently resigned were: The Hon. Sylvia Fletcher-Moulton, C.B.E., J.P. Mrs. Eliot Warburton, O.B.E., J.P. The eight who did not resign were: The Chairman, The Rt. Hon. Viscount Amory, G.C.M.G., T.D Mr. David Basnett. The Hon. Mr. Justice Edmund Davies. Mr. T. L. Iremonger, M.P. Mr. R. E. Millard, LL.B. Professor J. N. Morris, F.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., D.P.H. Mr. S. C. Silkin, Q.C., M.P. The Rt. Hon. Lord Wheatley.

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