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Prisoners (Medical Care)

Volume 973: debated on Friday 16 November 1979

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asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement about the arrangements for the medical care of prisoners in Northern Ireland, with particular reference to those prisoners in Maze prison who are breaking prison rules in an attempt to secure special treatment as political prisoners.

Prison inmates in Northern Ireland have access to medical facilities equivalent to those available to the general population. Medical staff are attached to the prisons, and can also call in consultants to give specialised advice and treatment as required,

year, classes were allowed to dwindle piecemeal, it could disrupt teaching and make it difficult to plan the use of resources sensibly. In such circumstances it seems that these pupils would derive minimal benefit from their last year.