§ 26. Mr. Hoggasked the Secretary of State for War why letters written by a soldier in detention barracks to the hon. Member for Oxford have been tampered with; and what steps he proposes to take in punishing the offenders, whatever their ranks.
§ Mr. BellengerDiscretionary power to withhold letters written by prisoners is provided in the rules governing military prisons and detention barracks and I understand that a similar rule operates in civil prisons.