§ 18. Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make an order to bring into force section 5 of the Imprisonment (Temporary Provisions) Act 1980 and direct that up to 20,000 prisoners excluding those convicted of crimes of violence, should be released from prison within the next six months.
§ Mr. WhitelawI have no plans at present to activate section 5 of the 1980 Act.