HC Deb 01 December 1882 vol 275 cc473-4
MR. HOPWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether there is in use in the prisons any instrument for the infliction of corporal punishment on criminals besides the "cat" or birch rod; and, whether one "like three canes twisted together," or otherwise resembling the "Austrian stick," has been introduced and used?

SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT

I answer both these Questions in the negative.