asked Her Majesty's Government:What representations concerning persons detained at the Secretary of State's pleasure they have recently received from the Northern Ireland Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders and other voluntary bodies, and when they expect to respond to them.

We are aware in general terms, both from earlier representations and from recent newspaper reports, of the association's views on pleasure cases. The director of the association will be having a meeting shortly with NIO Prison Department officials to discuss a number of prisons issues including the review of pleasure and life sentence cases. We can trace no recent representations on the subject from any other voluntary organisation concerned with the treatment of offenders.