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Prisoners

Volume 930: debated on Tuesday 19 April 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is normal procedure to allow access to legal advice to prisoners who were, but are no longer, subject to recommendations for an order under the Mental Health Act 1959.

Yes. The circumstances described would not themselves affect a prisoner's normal right of access to legal advice.