HC Deb 11 July 1983 vol 45 c215W
Mr. McQuarrie

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will rectify inconsistencies of treatment and conditions and facilities within dispersal prisons; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Hurd

It has been a long standing objective of policy to avoid unnecessary inconsistencies in these matters in dispersal prisons; but complete consistency is not attainable, principally because of marked variations in the physical conditions of the prisons and their sites, nor necessarily desirable.