§ Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland "(1) what plans he has to revise the Prison (Scotland) Rules 1954; and when he plans to publish them;
(2) what progress has been made in the revision of the Prison (Scotland) Standing Orders; and when they will be published.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonIt is intended to consolidate and revise the Prison (Scotland) Rules and Standing Orders as soon as resources and other demands on the Scottish prison service permit. Revision of the rules will require a statutory instrument, which would be laid before Parliament in accordance with Prisons (Scotland) Act 1952, and published in the usual way. One section of standing orders, on communications between inmates and their families, was revised in 1983 and published with an abbreviated version for inmates. Where appropriate, future revisions of sections of standing orders will be made available in the same way.