HC Deb 29 October 1984 vol 65 c817W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on drug abuse within prisons.

Mr. Mellor

We place much importance on keeping unauthorised drugs out of prisons. The prison department has been keeping the question under careful review and has already taken certain measures. The Director General of the prison service also had a useful and constructive meeting on 24 October with the Prison Officers' Association, which shares our concern, and further measures are being planned in the light of that.