§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action the Director of Prisons has taken on holding an inquiry into the workings of the directorate of custody 1; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Angela RumboldAs my right hon. Friend indicated in the statement which he made on 5 August 1991 in response to the report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons on the escapes from Brixton on 7 July, we have asked Mr. Ronald Hadfield, chief constable of the West Midlands and Mr. Gordon Lakes, a former deputy director general of the prison service to address Judge Tumim's recommendation that there should be such an inquiry. This is in hand.