§ Dr. Burginasked the Home Secretary whether any large numbers of members of the British Union of Fascists are detained in any one of His Majesty's prisons; whether he is satisfied that this practice involves no hardship upon other prisoners; and whether members of the British Union of Fascists are accorded any special privileges?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonAlmost all the persons detained under Defence Regulation 18B 1825W are accommodated in camps in the Isle of Man. It is however necessary to bring some of these people to this country from time to time in connection with the review of their cases by the Advisory Committee and such persons are then temporarily accommodated in prisons. Apart from these cases the number of persons detained in prisons under Defence Regulation 18B (1A) is 36. They are detained in a separate part of the prisons from that used for the accommodation of prisoners. As their detention is custodial, not punitive, in character, the conditions of their confinement are as little oppressive as possible and are governed by the instructions set: out in the White Paper on this subject (Cmd. 6162).