HC Deb 07 November 1996 vol 284 c648W
20. Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the recent annual report by the prisons ombudsman. [936]

Miss Widdecombe

The prisons ombudsman's annual report for 1995 was laid before Parliament on 23 October. It describes the important contribution which the prisons ombudsman has made in investigating complaints about the Prison Service.