§ LORD GARDINERasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many of the sentences of imprisonment for terms exceeding seven years referred to in paragraph 6 of the Law Commission's Report on Offences of Damage to Property were for crimes which would fall within Clause 4(1) of the Criminal Damage Bill.
§ THE LORD CHANCELLOR (LORD HAILSHAM OF ST. MARYLEBONE)Twenty-one of these twenty-seven cases related to offences of arson. I regret that particulars of the other six cases are not readily available, but they were not for arson.