HC Deb 31 March 1971 vol 814 cc409-10W
Mr. Elystan Morgan

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in deciding the location of, new-prisons, he will give special priority to any suitable locality within a development area which is anxious to have a prison built there.

Mr. Maudling

I shall be glad to give favourable consideration to any such site that may be suitable for penal development if the development has the support of the local authorities concerned.

Mr. van Straubenzee

The information is as follows: