HC Deb 16 January 1990 vol 165 c174W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will encourage the involvement of inmates in prisons in England and Wales in the formation of prisoners committees; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Mellor

Governors of prison service establishments have discretion to use a variety of methods when seeking the views of inmates, including encouraging the establishment of inmate committees.