§ 98. Mr. Doddsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that, despite the apologies tendered by his Department and the Prison Commissioners for the failure of the Brixton Prison authorities to provide facilities for the Rev. Oscar Smart, Crayford Baptist Church, to have a private interview with a prisoner parishioner, the Rev. Smart has now had a similar experience with the Governor of Her Majesty's Prison, Eastchurch, Sheerness; and what action he is taking to see that the governors of all Her Majesty's prisons are acquainted with the standing instructions of the Prison Commissioners and their obligations in matters of this nature.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI understand that the incident at Eastchurch of which the hon. Member complains was not due to disregard of the Prison Commissioners' instructions but to shortage of accommodation. I have written to the hon. Member explaining the matter more fully.