HL Deb 25 February 1981 vol 417 cc1143-4WA
Lord Mowbray and Stourton

asked Her Majesty's Government:

If they will make a statement about the work of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland.

The Minister of State, Scottish Office (The Earl of Mansfield)

Mr. D. A. P. Barry, CBE took up the new Crown appointment of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland on 1st January 1981. The principles and procedures which he and his team will adopt in inspecting penal establishments in Scotland are set out in a document, copies of which have been placed in the Library.