HC Deb 29 July 1925 vol 187 cc450-1W
Colonel DAY

asked the Home Secretary if he is aware that char-a-banc parties from the Torquay district are being taken off the main road and conveyed through the Princeton prison grounds, with the object of passengers obtaining a view of convicts at work; and, in view of the probable effects of this upon the convicts, will ho consider making an order prohibiting it?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

Sightseers are not allowed in the prison grounds, and the prison authorities do all they can to prevent such persons watching convicts at work, but I cannot prohibit traffic on the public high roads.