HC Deb 19 August 1889 vol 339 cc1668-9
MR. SEXTON

I beg to ask the Chief Secretary whether he will lay on the Table the Report of Dr. O'Farrell as to the sanitary state of Derry Gaol, and the health of the prisoners there?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I propose to lay a Report of Dr. O'Farrell on the Table as soon as possible, but it is not the confidential Report to which I referred recently. I do not think it would conduce to the proper conduct of official business that Reports of a private character should be laid on the Table, but I hope that the Report I propose to furnish will give hon. Gentlemen opposite all the information they desire.

MR. SEXTON

As we must take what we can get and be thankful, may I ask whether the Report will be circulated before the Prisons Vote is taken?

MR. A. J. BALFOUR

I am afraid that I cannot promise that, but I will do all that I can.