§ Mr. Stephen Rossasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what classes of visit have been stopped by the prison officers' action at Her Majesty's Prison, Parkhurst; and how many such visits took place in April 1977;
(2) what evidence there is of hardship caused to prisoners or their families or other visitors as a result of the dispute at Her Majesty's Prison, Parkhurst.
§ Mr. JohnPrisoners have had visits as usual by relatives and friends; but in April 1977 16 other visits were affected. Staff refused to admit three prisoner patients on transfer to hospital in Parkhurst. There have been six complaints that access by lawyers has been impeded. 35 transfers to other prisons have been delayed, many designed to bring the prisoner nearer home.