HC Deb 30 January 1979 vol 961 c391W
Mr. Mikardo

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received the report of the feasibility study into the possibility of the Parole Board stating its reasons for refusing an application for parole; and when he expects to inform the House about his conclusions on that report.

Dr. Summerskill

I would refer my hon. Friend to the replies given to questions by the hon. Member for Banbury (Mr. Marten) and my hon. Friend the Member for Ormskirk (Mr. Kilroy-Silk) on 30 November.—[Vol. 959, c. 685–6.] The results of the experiment are still being assessed.