I am increasingly concerned about our prisons. Stabbings in Durham, smuggling in Wakefield, and both are both category A jails.

Any prison officer who wants to write to me can be assured of confidentiality if I take matters up with the minister responsible. We cannot let control swing to the prisoners.

Godfrey Bloom, UKIP MEP for Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, Wressle, Selby.