§ MR. LENG (Dundee)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he contemplates taking any action towards giving effect to the recommendation of the Directors of Convict Prisons that Her Majesty's Judges should be empowered to pass sentences of three or four years' penal servitude instead of the present minimum of five years?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS, Birmingham, E.)Yes, Sir; I hope to be able to introduce such a Bill this Session.