HC Deb 08 March 1995 vol 256 c185W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 22 February,Official Report, column 223, if he will make a statement on the circumstances in which a journalist interviewed Private Clegg at Wakefield prison using an assumed name; and what actions he is taking to prevent such incidents taking place.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked for a reply to be given.

Letter from Derek Lewis to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 8 March 1995: The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question asking what action has been taken following the interview of Private Lee Clegg at Wakefield prison by a journalist. Mr. Clegg's visitors are now required to produce satisfactory evidence of their identity before they are allowed to visit him.

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