§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the progress made to date in implementing the Mountbatten Report on the Prison Service.
§ Mr. CarlisleForty of the 52 recommendations made by Lord Mountbatten have been implemented in whole or in part; two have led to changes in practice, though not precisely on the lines proposed; and 10 (nine of which related to the proposal to establish a special maximum security prison) were not accepted.