§ MR. CALDWELL (Glasgow, St. Rollox)asked the Secretary to the 514 Treasury, Whether his attention has been called to the small sum paid to the Medical Officer of Glasgow (Duke Street) Prison as compared with the sums paid to the Medical Officers of Liverpool, Wakefield, and Strangeways Prisons; and, whether he is prepared to place Glasgow on a more equal position with similar prisons in England?
§ THE SECRETARY (Mr. JACKSON) (Leeds, N.), in reply, said, that his attention had been called to this question both by the hon. Member and by other hon. Members; but he could not admit the justice of the suggestion made by the hon. Member in the Question. The surgeon referred to was on the highest scale allowed to medical officers in Scottish prisons; and quite recently the Treasury allowed him to have the maximum of his scale two years before it would have been due in the ordinary course. He might add, what perhaps the hon. Member was aware of, that this question was still under consideration. It was, for the moment, out of the hands of the Treasury, and in the hands of the Scottish Office; but he should not neglect the matter.
§ MR. CALDWELLIs there any reason why the scale of Prison Medical Officers' salaries should be different in Scotland from what they are in England?
§ MR. JACKSONsaid, he was afraid he could not answer a Question of that sort off-hand. What he had to deal with was, as far as possible, to see that the scale already fixed was adhered to, unless there was some good reason stated for departing from it.