HC Deb 08 May 1890 vol 344 c455
MR. JOHN O'CONNOR

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department "whether his attention has been drawn to Section 13 of the Report of the Visitors of Chatham Convict Prison, where it is stated— It does seem to be a hardship that prisoners convicted of offences committed in the neighbourhood of their homes should, as is the case with some of the prisoners detained at Chatham for offences committed in Scotland, practically be deprived of visits which they would otherwise be entitled to receive; and whether, as it is also stated in the Report that The practice of sending' prisoners convicted in Scotland to prisons in England has been discontinued, he will order the removal of such treason-felony prisoners as are now detained in Chatham Prison to some Scotch prison where they can receive their visits due?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS,) Birmingham, E.

I have seen the paragraph in question. I shall be very glad to transmit to Scotch prisons any prisoners convicted in Scotland and sent here under the old practice; and I will communicate with the Scotch Office on the subject.