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the Bill and such a clause would not be entirely
unrelated. Until we have been able to complete the
the rebuilding of prisons in our Dependent Territories -
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programme will take several years we may have to seek
your agreement in a few cases to arrange for the transfer
to a British prison of a high security prisoner from a
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Your Department has accepted responsiblity for one
such recent case of a young man who at the moment is held
in his prison in Anguilla by being shackled hand and
foot.
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4. Although I do not expect that the introduction of
this clause in the Home Office Bill will wholly escape
controversy, I believe it would be better to stage-manage
an answer to our problem now instead of waiting for an
embarrassing case to arise which will be more difficult
to solve in less propitious circumstances. I would
expect the measure I propose to gain a fair amount of
cross party support. I would also expect public opinion
and the debate in the House to concentrate in the first
instance upon the main clauses of your Bill, and to that
extent the FCO contribution to it, although not hidden,
would be submerged by other business.
5. If you can accept my proposal I shall circulate a
note to our colleagues accordingly.
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