HC Deb 11 August 1896 vol 44 c495
MR. HERBERT GLADSTONE

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government has arrived at any decision in respect to the proposed inquiry by Royal Commission into the duration of Sentences?

SIR MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY

I have been attempting to procure an Inquiry by Royal Commission into the inequality of sentences, but up to the present have not been able to overcome certain difficulties which have presented themselves.