§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action was taken following the reports of insect infestation at the mother and baby unit, Holloway prison, last year. [15207]
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§ Miss WiddecombeResponsibility for this matter has been delegated to the temporary Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.
Letter from Richard Tilt to Mr. Harry Cohen, dated 20 February, 1996:
The Home Secretary has asked me to reply to your recent Question about what action was taken following reports of insect infestation in the mother and baby unit at Holloway prison last year.Immediate action was taken by calling in pest control contractors who sprayed the identified areas with a safe residual pesticide.