§ MR. A. C. MORTON (Peterborough)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, in considering the Report of the Departmental Committee on the present prison system of this country, he will consider the advisability of empowering the local authorities in each district to make frequent and regular inspections of the prisons in their districts?
§ MR. ASQUITHCertainly, Sir; this suggestion will receive careful consideration.