§ Ms. Harmanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to transfer Martina Anderson and Ella O'Dwyer from Her Majesty's prison, Brixton, to a women's prison; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorWe have no plans to transfer either woman from Brixton prison at present.
Ms. O'Dwyer and Ms. Anderson have been placed provisionally in the highest security category, category A. The only accommodation suitable for female category A remand prisoners in the London area is at Brixton, on a self-contained landing.