Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prisons – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 December 1958.
Will the hon. Member bear in mind that if one buys 14 ounces of meat a week for 1st. one buys very poor meat indeed, even if it is bought, under what I know are the hon. and learned Member's perfectly good buying arrangements, in bulk. All one will get is coarse, fat meat, which is wholly inadequate. Surely the Minister should look at this matter again. If he will investigate conditions not upon a parade occasion, when the prison authorities know that he is coming—and this is no criticism of the government of the prison, which is as good as it can be in this wretched place — he will really find out what prisoners are eating. The public will be shocked at the figures he has given.