§ Mr. Bostonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about the escape of prisoners from Her Majesty's Prison, Eastchurch, last week.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsFive prisoners absconded from Eastchurch open prison during a period of free association between 4 o'clock and 7 o'clock on the evening of 18th November. The police were informed as soon as the escape was discovered and police and prison officers co-operated in pre-arranged emergency action. The prisoners were serving sentences of seven months or less, and none has a record of violence.