§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the Governor of Wandsworth Prison prevented a letter written by a prisoner from reaching the hon. Member for Orpington to whom it was addressed.
§ Mr. BrookeBecause the Governor was under the impression that the hon. Member was being invited to give a political talk in the prison. I am writing to the hon. Member, in case there has been any misunderstanding, for of course there would be no objection whatever to his giving a talk to the prisoners on a subject not of a political character.
§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the prison officer, through whom the hon, Member for Orpington was informed about a letter from a prisoner, has been transferred away from the rehabilitation block of Wandsworth Prison.
§ Mr. BrookeStaffing needs have made it necessary as a temporary measure to detail the officer to whom I believe the hon. Member refers for duties in the main prison; he has not been permanently transferred from H and K wings.