Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 January 1991.
Mr Nicholas Bennett
, Pembroke
12:00,
21 January 1991
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is clearly not acceptable for youngsters of 14, 15 and 16 to be committed to prison and we want the practice to end as soon as possible. Clearly, however, we must ensure that we have the right sort of accommodation to deal with some of the very hardened cases. I have been particularly concerned about this issue, because one of my constituents hanged himself in Swansea prison only last year. We are pressing forward as quickly as possible.