§ MR. PICKERSGILL (Bethnal Green, S.W.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If it was true that the demolition of Newgate had been decided upon?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.), in reply, said, that under the Prisons Act of 1877 the City authorities were entitled to remove Newgate Gaol. They had undertaken to reconstruct on the site a Court which would be more convenient for the public than the present Old Bailey, and to provide accommodation for prisoners which would satisfy sanitary requirements.