HC Deb 04 July 1996 vol 280 c515W
Mr. Matthew Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visits to prisons the Minister of State with responsibility for prisons plans in the next three months. [34530]

Miss Widdecombe

My plans to date include tours of the north-east and Bristol areas in September. I expect to visit at least a dozen prisons in the two areas. Other visits have yet to be arranged but I will make as many as possible, allowing for my other commitments.