§ MR. T. H. BOLTON (St. Pancras, N.)I beg to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will lay upon the Table of the House a Copy of the Correspondence between the Visiting Justices of the Naval Prison at Lewes and the Lords of the Admiralty, with reference to the rules of discipline 1392 in force at that establishment, and to the question whether the prison as a building fulfils all the requirements necessary, and whether the Admiralty have had any Report furnished to them as to the adaptability of the building, and of the sanitary state of the same; and, if so, whether he will lay a Copy of such Report upon the Table of the House?
§ LORD G. HAMILTONThe correspondence is not yet complete. The building is an old one, constructed on an obsolete model. Its sanitary condition has for a long series of years been favourably reported on, and the health statistics show it to be excellent. The attention of the Admiralty has been drawn to the small size of the cells, which is below the dimensions of modern cells, and steps have been taken to provide a remedy, and plans for this purpose are now under consideration.