HL Deb 23 February 1982 vol 427 c926WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What provision in the Prison Rules 1964 or in any of the Standing Orders prohibits a prisoner in England and Wales from writing a letter to the British Ambassador to the United Nations.

Lord Belstead

Under the regulations which came into force on 1st December 1981 a prisoner in England and Wales would be allowed to write to the Britsh Ambassador to the United Nations but the letter would be subject to the general restrictions on contents set out in Prison Department Standing Order 5.