HC Deb 29 June 1989 vol 155 c521W
Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has proposals to review the effectiveness of prison sentences in controlling crime; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. John Patten

Our views were set out in the Green Paper "Punishment, Custody and the Community" (Cm. 424), published in July last year.