HL Deb 28 July 1982 vol 434 c344WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Why, on the last occasion when they made a return of the questionnaire on the United Nations' standard minimum rules (SMRs) for the detention of prisoners, they falsely claimed that the prison rules are disseminated by means of cell information cards in English and certain other languages concerning information about prison procedures with regard to letters, visits, diets, possessions etc. and other matters bearing on SMRs, when in many prisons no such information is available.

Lord Elton

The return stated that cell information cards in English and certain other languages contain information about prison procedures with regard to letters, visits, diets, possessionset cetera, and other matters bearing on standard minimum rules. These cards are available to prisoners.