69. Mr. Edmund Harveyasked the Home Secretary how frequently, under present prison regulations, may prisoners write and receive a letter during the course of their sentence?
§ Sir S. HoareThe intervals at which letters are allowed varies from one week to four weeks according to the division or class in which a prisoner is placed and to the stage which he has attained under 1126 the progressive stage system. Each letter written entitles the prisoner to a reply. All prisoners are also allowed a letter on admission and transfer.
§ Mr. ThorneWill the Home Secretary consider the advisability of giving these people a week-end at home?
§ Sir S. HoareObviously that is quite a different question.