Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre

Lord Roberts of Llandudno Excerpts

Tuesday 6th May 2014 Lords Chamber

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

Access to Yarl’s Wood is in the gift of the Home Office, which determines whether it is suitable for people to visit it. Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons has a statutory role to address that issue. It was not a question of denying this person the opportunity to do her job. She was given every chance to take up our offers to visit refuges, but she did not choose to do so.

[Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD)]

My Lords, what statement did the Chief Inspector of Prisons make following the refusal to allow the rapporteur to enter Yarl’s Wood?

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

I am afraid that I cannot comment on that as I do not have the details of that question.