HL Deb 15 November 1983 vol 444 cc1275-6WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When they will publish supplementary leaflets for the information of prisoners on appeals to the Crown Court and the House of Lords, and on legal aid for proceedings in the magistrates' and Crown Courts respectively.

Lord Elton

These leaflets have been available to prisoners since May this year, when the information booklet for prisoners which they supplement replaced the former system of cell cards. Before that, the information in the leaflets was contained in cell cards and has therefore been continuously available to those prisoners to whose circumstances it is relevant. I am sending copies of the leaflets to the noble Lord for information.