§ Mr. Marlowasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will amend the answer given to the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Mr. Irving) on 14 May, Official Report, c. 310–12, by removing those whose sentences were awarded as a result of a combination with other crimes, excluding cannabis.
§ Mr. RaisonThe tables in my reply of 14 May to my hon. Friend the Member for Cheltenham (Mr. Irving) cover only sentences given for drugs offences involving cannabis, table 1 relating to principal and non-principal offences and table 2 to principal offences only. To adjust the figures to exclude those occasions when a sentence was also given for an offence not involving cannabis would involve disproportionate cost.