§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the main findings of the research into prisoners' petitions undertaken following the report of the Expenditure Committee in 1978; and what changes were made as a result of this research in each year since then.
§ Mr. MellorA brief account of some aspects of this research, for which the fieldwork began in 1983, is contained in "Accountability in Prisons" (eds. M. Maguire, J. Vagg and R. Morgan) which was published by Tavistock Publications Ltd. in December 1985. A full report of the research is in preparation.