§ Mrs. Knightasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the prison break-out from Brixton on 16 December.
§ Mr. WhitelawI have appointed the deputy director-general of the prison service, Mr. Gordon Fowler, to conduct an urgent inquiry into the circumstances of the escape of three category A prisoners from Brixton prison in the morning of that day, and to report. Mr. Fowler, who has the full assistance of the Prison Inspectorate, has already begun work. His report will be published.