§ 42. Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to accelerate the economic and productive use of manpower in Her Majesty's prisons; and whether he will increase the scale of remuneration to prisoners who volunteer for work such as that on prison farms.
§ Mr. CallaghanI would refer the hon. Member to what I said about work and pay for prisoners during the debate on 14th November. My aim is to develop higher pay schemes linked to productivity for each main type of prison work, including farming.