§ 19. Mr. SayeedTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a further statement on his proposals to retain his discretion to refuse parole in the most serious cases.
§ Mr. John PattenThe White Paper "Crime, Justice and Protecting the Public" (Cm. 965) makes it clear that the Home Secretary will continue to consider the release of those offenders serving determinate sentences of seven years or more. These will have committed the most serious crimes and may be a serious risk to public safety.
§ 46. Mr. StevensTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a further statement on his proposals for the supervision of prisoners released on parole and the liability of such prisoners committing further offences to recall to prison, and to serve all the outstanding sentence in addition to any new sentence imposed.
§ Mr. John PattenChapter 6 of the White Paper "Crime, Justice and Protecting the Public" (Cm. 965) sets out the Government's legislative proposals on parole. All prisoners serving imprisonment of more than one year will he supervised on release until three quarters of their sentence. All released prisoners will be liable, if convicted of another imprisonable offence committed before the end of the original sentence, to recall to prison to serve up to the rest of their sentence.