HC Deb 10 November 1966 vol 735 cc335-6W
67. Mr. Emrys Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the public interest in the Blake case, he will arrange for the inquiry into prison security to be held in public.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

No.

68. Mr. Sharples

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date prisoner George Blake was allowed to have a radio receiver in his cell.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

3rd December, 1963.

Mr. Sharples

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Mountbatten Inquiry will have the power to summon witnesses in connection with the investigations into the escape of George Blake.

Mr. Roy Jenkins

No. Lord Mount-batten has told me that he does not think he will need such powers.