§ SIR R. ASSHETON CROSSasked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, What steps it is proposed to take on the First Report of the Royal Commission on Irish Prisons with regard to Spike Island?
§ MR. TREVELYANThe Government hope to be able to close Spike Island Prison within the time named in the Report; and to enable them to do so they are making every effort to have suitable arrangements completed in sufficient time for the accommodation of the convicts elsewhere.