§ MR. HIBBERTasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether, in view of the Prisons Act coming into operation on the 1st of April next, it is his intention before that day to prescribe any general or special rules for the appointment of Visiting Committees of Prisons; and, whether the present Visiting Justices will be empowered to act after the 1st of April until the appointment of their successors by Quarter Sessions?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS,in reply, said, it was his intention to lay on the Table in 10 days or a fortnight the rules for the appointment of visiting committees of prisons. In the meantime the Visiting Justices would continue to act.