§ MR. ESSLEMONTI beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether he will lay upon the Table the Report in regard to Scotch Prisons, and whether the work performed by officers in English and Scotch convict prisons is exactly parallel, and that the salaries alone differ?
§ *SIR C. J. PEARSONIt is not intended to lay this Departmental Report on the Table, as it is not thought that such a course would be of public benefit. As there is in Scotland no separate convict prison service, the comparison suggested in the question is somewhat 973 misleading. Though the work performed at Peterhead Prison is similar to that performed by officers in convict prisons in England, the hon. Member is correct in saying that the rates of pay differ.