§ MR. D. CRAWFORD (Lanark, N.E.)asked the Lord Advocate, Whether the attention of the Secretary for Scotland has been drawn to the inconvenience suffered by the inhabitants of Lanarkshire, near the general prison at Barlinnie, owing to the discharge of a large number of prisoners from the prison every morning; whether, until 1886, the prisoners were conveyed in cabs to the Duke Street Prison in Glasgow, and there discharged; whether the new practice has made it necessary to add to the numbers of the county police for the purpose of protecting the roads, at the cost of several hundred pounds; whether it would be possible to make arrangements for the conveyance of the prisoners to Glasgow by omnibus; and, whether he will consider the expediency of making such an arrangement?
§ THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. J. H. A. MACDONALD) (Edinburgh and St. Andrew's Universities)Attention has been called to this matter, and the evil is undoubtedly serious. The facts stated in the Question are substantially correct. The matter is under consideration, with a view to ascertain whether arrangements can be made to remedy the evil complained of.