§ MR. SHAW LEFEVRE (Bradford Central)asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland whether he will state the terms of the reference to the Royal Commission on the subject of the Prison Rules?
§ MR. SEXTONalso asked the Chief Secretary if he would name the fifth Member of the Prison Treatment Commission, and state precisely the terms of the instructions to the Commission, and indicate its procedure, as to time and place of sittings, and examination of witnesses?
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURsaid he proposed to lay on the Table, and to circulate at once, a copy of a letter to Lord Aberdare, stating the terms of reference to the Royal Commission on the subject of prison rules. Besides Lord Aberdare, he had asked Mr. William Wyatt, the well-known Essex magistrate, to join the Commission. He believed the names of Lord Aberdare and Mr. Wyatt were well calculated to command confidence in Ireland and Scotland, and also to give effect to the wish that the Corn mission should be, as far as possible-removed from the domain of controversial politics.
§ MR. SEXTONIs Mr. Wyatt a gentleman in whom the people of Ireland will have confidence? I certainly never heard of him before.
§ MR. A. J. BALFOURIf we had chosen some well-known public man who had been actively engaged in controversy, the conditions under which the Commission was to be appointed would hardly have been fulfilled.