22 OCTOBER 1965, Page 8

Those Jails

Perhaps some of the London jails really will be sold up to make way for housing—the.suggestion put forward by George Hutchinson in the Spec- tator three weeks ago. The proposal is now in' teresting members of the Greater London Coun- cil, and Mr. Harold Sebag-MonteflOre raised it at this week's meeting of the Planning and Con' munications Committee. Calling for discussions with the Home Office and the Ministry of House ing before the next review of the developmcn plan, he received an encouraging response. M. Christopher Higgins, chairman of the commit- tee, said that he was 'quite willing to arrange 1°.r discussions to be held to assess the general posy tion.' In Gower Street we wait with interest to see