Orders of the Day — Prisons

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 20 December 1976.

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Photo of John Prescott John Prescott , Kingston upon Hull East 12:00, 20 December 1976

Is my hon. Friend saying that there are sufficient places available for all those who are considered to require medical treatment and should be transferred from prisons to special hospital facilities—for example, the psyschiatric patients? The Butler Committee makes it clear that there are insufficient places, and that as a matter of urgency 2,000 should be provided.