§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received since 11 October 1983 on the questions of longer sentences and withdrawal of parole.
§ Mr. HurdWe have received some 99 letters of a general nature on the proposals made on 11 October. Of these, 58—including one from an hon. Member—have expressed approval of the proposals and 29 have suggested that they are too lenient. We have also received 64 representations about the effect of the proposals on individual prisoners.