HL Deb 08 July 1998 vol 591 cc134-5WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will arrange for the publication of lists of names of members of the Boards of Visitors of England and Wales. [HL2506]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office (Lord Williams of Mostyn)

The names of members of Boards of Visitors are not published for reasons relating to their own personal protection.

Chairmen of Boards of Visitors can always be contacted, in writing or by telephone, by use of their official title, "The Chairman of the Board of Visitors" at the prison establishment to which they have been appointed.