§ MR. E. CRAUFURDsaid, he rose to ask the Lord Advocate what course he intends to pursue with regard to the Prisons Act (Scotland) Continuance Bill, and whether he will undertake to introduce a general Bill to abolish the Prison Board, and to amend the present system of Prison Assessments in Scotland, at a period sufficiently early to insure its being dealt with during the present Session?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATEsaid, he proposed to proceed that evening with the Prisons Act (Scotland) Continuance Bill, which was only intended to regulate a difficulty that had occurred about Assessments. With regard to the other branch of the question, it was his intention to introduce a measure on the subject, and he hoped that it might be passed into law during the present Session.