HC Deb 15 July 1981 vol 8 c390W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the effect his proposals of 18 June 1981 about untried prisoners will have on the size of the untried prison population.

Mr. Mayhew

The proposals announced on 18 June 1981 are directed at the defendant's presence at remand hearings and would not disturb the existing eight day remand cycle. It is unlikely that there would be any effect on the size of the untried prison population.