§ Mr. SternTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what areas in the county of Avon are currently under consideration by Her Majesty's prison board for the construction of new prison provision.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe Department has been looking at a number of possible sites in Avon as part of a general site search exercise covering the whole of England and Wales. Preliminary inquiries into these sites are continuing and it would be wrong at this stage to make specific reference to particular locations in advance of the outcome of those inquiries.