§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the recent disturbances at Strangeways prison. Manchester.
§ Mr. LaneOn the afternoon of 17th May, prisoners from the incentive earnings shop refused to come in from the exercise yard at the end of the normal exercise period. They later came in and the governor saw six of them and heard their complaints. The same group of prisoners demonstrated again the following day. The governor arranged for all those who demonstrated to be interviewed individually. Their complaints related to such matters as the length of their hair and the radio programmes allowed at work. Normal routine at the prison has been resumed.