MR. POWELL-WILLIAMS (Birmingham, S.)asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Whether, since recent legislation reserves the punishment of flogging for offences attended by violence, he will bring in a Bill to repeal the provisions of 7 & 8 Geo. IV. c. 28, under which William 1639 Roberts was recently sentenced at Liverpool Assizes to 30 lashes?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. MATTHEWS) (Birmingham, E.)I have consulted with the Lord Chancellor and the Lord Chief Justice, and they concur in the opinion that the section in question should be repealed. Steps will accordingly be taken by the Government to effect its repeal.