§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the fact that it has been considered necessary for a girl aged 16 years to be imprisoned in Holloway Prison while awaiting trial on a charge of stealing goods to the value of approximately £6, if, as a matter of urgency, he will seek alternative ways of dealing with such cases.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsIt is the Government's policy to end such remands. We cannot do so until alternative secure accommodation is available under the regional plans which local authorities have made for the purposes of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Wales give this need the highest priority they can in considering local authorities' building proposals. The girl whom I think my hon. Friend has in mind is now on bail.