§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What representations they have received concerning the sail-training scheme proposed by the Renaissance Maritime Charitable Trust; and whether they consider that this would contribute positively to regional development in England, to provision of relief and development aid overseas and to after-care and establishment in life of young people emerging from care of local authorities.
§ Baroness CumberlegeThe Renaissance Maritime Charitable Trust has written to the Prime Minister, the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Health. I understand that it has also met with a Home Office Minister. Despite its laudable aims the trust has been informed that the Government could not endorse the scheme in its present form because it is inconsistent with some features of the 1995 National Standards for the Supervision of Offenders in the Community.