§ Mr. Cookasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any arrangements for the reception in prison for the women of Greenham Common charged with breach of the peace were made in advance of the trial date.
§ Mr. MellorAs I told the hon. Member on 16 March, females given custodial sentences or committed to prison by courts in the south-east part of England are normally received into Holloway prison for allocation. To ensure that places are available there for new receptions from courts, women are regularly transferred to other prisons. On any occasions on which there is a possibility that a higher number than usual may be received from the courts, the situation is reviewed to see that places at Holloway are not filled by women who could prefereably be moved on elsewhere.