❓ Ms Walker questions why serious offenders are not imprisoned. Mrs Roberts acknowledges an incident where an offender should not have been at large and states a full investigation will occur.
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As a supplementary question, will the minister explain why under this Government serious offenders are allowed to remain on the streets, rather than locked away in prison where they belong? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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They are not allowed to remain on the streets. A particular incident occurred, about which a full investigation will be made. The offender in that incident should not have been at large. The SPEAKER: Before we move on to the next question, I acknowledge in my gallery the Secretary of the United Kingdom branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Mr Andrew Pearson, and his wife Joyce. [Applause.]
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: They are not allowed to remain on the streets. A particular incident occurred, about which a full investigation will be made. The offender in that incident should not have been at large. The SPEAKER: Before we move on to the next question, I acknowledge in my gallery the Secretary of the United Kingdom branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Mr Andrew Pearson, and his wife Joyce. [Applause.]
They are not allowed to remain on the streets. A particular incident occurred, about which a full investigation will be made. The offender in that incident should not have been at large. The SPEAKER: Before we move on to the next question, I acknowledge in my gallery the Secretary of the United Kingdom branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Mr Andrew Pearson, and his wife Joyce. [Applause.]
The SPEAKER: Before we move on to the next question, I acknowledge in my gallery the Secretary of the United Kingdom branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Mr Andrew Pearson, and his wife Joyce. [Applause.]
[Applause.]
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: They are not allowed to remain on the streets. A particular incident occurred, about which a full investigation will be made. The offender in that incident should not have been at large. The SPEAKER: Before we move on to the next question, I acknowledge in my gallery the Secretary of the United Kingdom branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Mr Andrew Pearson, and his wife Joyce. [Applause.]
They are not allowed to remain on the streets. A particular incident occurred, about which a full investigation will be made. The offender in that incident should not have been at large. The SPEAKER: Before we move on to the next question, I acknowledge in my gallery the Secretary of the United Kingdom branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Mr Andrew Pearson, and his wife Joyce. [Applause.]
The SPEAKER: Before we move on to the next question, I acknowledge in my gallery the Secretary of the United Kingdom branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Mr Andrew Pearson, and his wife Joyce. [Applause.]
[Applause.]
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