§ Mr. Simsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is yet in a position to indicate when he expects to receive the report of the committee of inquiry into Sunday trading; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorThe committee of inquiry hopes to present its report later this summer. My right hon. and learned Friend will not be in a position to make a statement until he has received and considered it.
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§ Mr. HurdCentral records, which are still provisional, show 21 suicides in prison department establishments in England and Wales in 1983.
§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suicides there were in remand centres in each of the last three years.
§ Mr. HurdThe records held centrally show no suicides in remand centres in England and Wales in 1981 and 1982 or, provisionally, in 1983.