§ Mr. Powellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the substance of his recent letter to the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton. South-West on the subject of the prison population of England and Wales.
§ Mr. CarlisleSlightly over 5 per cent. of prisoners now serving sentences of imprisonment in England and Wales were born in the Irish Republic, slightly over 5 per cent. were born in the "new Commonwealth" and just under 2 per cent. were born elsewhere outside the United Kingdom.