§ SIR BALDWYN LEIGHTONasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether it is true that he has directed that discharged prisoners unprovided with suitable clothing should be supplied with clothes by the union authorities in which the prison is situated, although they may belong to another union or even another county; and, if so, under what powers he has so acted?
§ SIR WILLIAM HARCOURTSir, no change has been made in the law with reference to this question; but the operation of the present Prisons Act, under which prisoners are transferred from one locality to another more than they were in former times, seems to have created some hardship. I am considering the matter carefully, and if the hon. Member will ask me a Question at a later period, I shall be happy to tell him what decision I have arrived at.