Members: Prisoners
The question
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether hon. Members serving a custodial sentence at His Majesty’s Pleasure can have their Parliamentary (a) mail and (b) casework delivered to them at their new residence.
Answered by Nick Smith
Royal Mail receives mail instructions from Members, such as deliver to desk, keep at Members’ Lobby or forward to an external address such as a home or constituency office.
The rules concerning the sending and receipt of mail from prison are the responsibility of the Home Office. In 1970 the Committee of Privileges considered the rights of hon. Members detained in prison, including their ability to send and receive mail, and concluded that “a Member of Parliament should not be given any special advantages by reason of being a Member”.
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