§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the fact that Mr. Ronald Chapman, a company director, was sentenced on 21 April by Judge Michael Nickma to nine months imprisonment on a corruption charge for receiving moneys and gifts from Mr. Tony Green and that on 4 June the same judge ordered the acquittal of the same Mr. Tony Green for corruption in offering gifts of money to the said Mr. Ronald Chapman, he will recommend the exercise of the prerogative of mercy in respect of Mr. Chapman; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MayhewNo. Mr. Chapman pleaded guilty to all the offences with which he was charged and did not seek leave to appeal against his convictions. It is open to him to do so if he considers that the decision in Mr. Green's case renders them unsafe or unsatisfactory.