§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to separate the two current functions of Prison Boards of Visitors so that the body which investigates prisoners' complaints is not also the body that is the principal disciplinary tribunal; and, if not, why not.
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§ Dr. SummerskillWe have undertaken to consider the reports of the Jellicoe Committee on Boards of Visitors of Penal Institutions and the Working Party on Adjudication Procedures in Prisons—which are both relevant to the issue raised in this Question—in the light of the views expressed by interested parties. Consultation on the two reports is still proceeding.