§ 25. Mr. Allaunasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that only 1s. worth of meat a week is allowed to prisoners in Strange-ways Prison, Manchester, apart from sausages and bacon; if he will increase this ration; and what is the meat allowance in other prisons.
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThe weekly diet of every prisoner includes fresh meat worth 1s. at wholesale rates in addition to 8 oz. sausage meat, 5 oz. bacon and 2 oz. preserved meat. The diet of prisoners has recently been reviewed and it is not proposed to increase the meat allowance.
§ Mr. AllaunIf the morale of prisoners depends, as it does largely, on their food, would the Minister expect good morale on 1s. worth of meat a week?
§ Major Lloyd-GeorgeThe people of this country did very well on it for a long time. In addition to the figures I have given, there is 1 lb. of fish. Prisoners are weighed regularly. This diet and the effect on the prison population is watched very carefully.