Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prisons – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 26 June 1947.
Mr James Ede
, South Shields
12:00,
26 June 1947
At present 30 prisoners from this prison are working on farms. The prison authorities are anxious, if possible, to increase the number of prisoners so employed, and will do so to the extent that men are available who are fit for such work and can be trusted to work outside the prison and that staff is available for their supervision.