§ Mr. Shinwellasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) on whose instructions Dr. Stephen Ward was prevented from identifying portraits painted by him while on remand in Brixton Prison; and what is the reason for the refusal;
(2) what are the regulations governing the business relations of persons on remand in Her Majesty's prisons.
§ Mr. BrookePrison standing orders provide that a prisoner may not conduct his business from prison. Dr. Ward's literary agent brought to Brixton154W Prison a number of sketches by Dr. Ward and also a number of photographs, and sought permission for Dr. Ward to identify them with a view to their publication, with captions, in a book. In accordance with the standing order to which I have referred, permission was refused.