§ MR. JAMES O'CONNORI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has concluded his inquiry into the confession of Hugh Beattie, a prisoner at St. Helens on a charge of burglary, who is reported to have stated that 12 months ago a man named Brady was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment for a burglary which he (Beattie) had committed at Rainhill; and what is the result of the Inquiry?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY, Lancashire, Blackpool)No, Sir, the Inquiry, which presents several difficulties, is not yet concluded.