The Inspector of Prisons has a substantial number of staff at his disposal. What is the fundamental distinction between the work of the Inspector of Prisons and the work of the prison visiting committees? The office of Inspector of Prisons is not yet established on a statutory basis. If this office had a role throughout the prison system as a whole, there would be no need for the prison visiting committees. They are a vestige of the jobbery, abuse and hackery of the worst type in which all political parties have engaged. I would ask the Minister, on a cross-party basis, to begin to do something about it.