§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the 441W number, country of origin, and the place and period of detention of Commonwealth immigrants who are at present in custody in prisons and detention centres in England and Wales, notwithstanding that no criminal proceedings have been instituted or are contemplated against them.
§ Mr. CarlisleI am arranging for this information to be collected and shall write to the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from organisations concerned with helping Commonwealth immigrants with regard to custodial treatment affecting Commonwealth immigrants detained at prisons and detention centres in England and Wales, notwithstanding that no criminal proceedings have been instituted against them; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. CarlisleMy hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State has received representations from the National Council of Civil Liberties about the conditions for Commonwealth immigrants who are detained under the Commonwealth Immigrants Acts 1962 and 1968. Where, regrettably, prison accommodation has to be used for detention purposes, those concerned have to be treated, for the purpose of the prison rules, in the same way as unconvicted prisoners, and it is not possible to isolate them from the current pressures on the prison system as a whole.