§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he proposes to take to deal with persistent burglars and drug dealers; and if he will make a statement. [25057]
§ Mr. MacleanI propose that the courts should be required to impose stiff minimum prison sentences on persistent burglars and drug dealers. Full details of my proposals are set out in the White Paper "Protecting the Public: the Government's strategy on crime in England and Wales", a copy of which is in the Library.