HC Deb 16 June 1988 vol 135 c214W
Sir John Biggs-Davison

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what new arrangements he has made for the review of life and indeterminate sentences; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Stanley

My right hon. Friend announced a review of the cases of each special category prisoner serving a sentence of life imprisonment or detention at the Secretary of State's pleasure in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Mr. Hamilton) on 7 June, at column464. As far as other Secretary of State pleasure cases are concerned, I refer my hon. Friend to my right hon. Friend's replies to the hon. Members for Sunderland, South (Mr. Mullin) and Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) on 26 May, at columns 499–501.

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