§ Mr. Channonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it is the practice under the Prison Rules for opportunities to be given to those who wish to visit convicted prisoners or those on remand for the purpose of serving writs on them; and, if so, on how many occasions in the last most recent convenient 12-month period this has occurred in the case of convicted prisoners and those on remand, respectively.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe answer to the first part of the Question is "Yes". I regret that information in the form requested in the second part is not available, but the service of writs at Her Majesty's Prison, Brixton is a regular occurrence and has recently been at the rate of about one a week.