HC Deb 19 April 1977 vol 930 cc40-1W
Mr. Whitehead

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances, and on how many occasions, access to letters from his legal advisers has been denied to Mr. Roy Carne, a prisoner in Her Majesty's Prison, Parkhurst.

Mr. John

No letter addressed to Mr. Carne from his legal advisers has been denied him. A copy of extracts from prison standing orders enclosed with one such letter was withheld because these orders are instructions to governors, and prisoners are not allowed to have copies of them.

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