§ Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what increase there will be in the number of offenders eligible for release under the home detention curfew scheme if the Criminal Justice (Mode of Trial) (No. 2) Bill is enacted; and if he will make a statement. [112795]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 3 February 2000]: On the assumptions we have made about the overall effect of the Bill, there would be no increase.