MR. QUILTBR (Suffolk, Sudbury)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Home Department in how m any prisons in England and Wales is the labour of prisoners let out to tender for matmaking, and will he state the names of the prisons and of the firms who hire such labour?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. STUART WORTLEY,) Sheffield, HallamI am informed by the Prison Commissioners that there are 23 prisons in which the mats made are sold at a contract price to the person who furnishes the material and carriage. The list is too long to read in reply to a question, but I will show it to the hon. Member if he will confer with me. With regard to the rest of the question, I must refer the hon. Member to the answer which was given on the 24th of February last.
§ MR. QUILTERArising out of the answer, may I ask the hon. Gentleman if it is not the fact that there is one firm (Messrs. Goodacre & Co.) who contract for the labour of six of Her Majesty's Prisons?
§ MR. STUART WORTLEYI think the hon. Member had better give me notice of that question.