§ MR. THOMAS HEDDERWICK (Wick Burghs)I beg to ask the Lord Advocate whether, since his replies in Nay last to questions relating to the prison system in Scotland, fresh instructions to prison officials, regarding the association of criminals and the supervision of associated prisoners by warders, have been issued by the authorities in Scotland; and, if so, whether lie will lay a copy of such instructions upon the Table of the House?
§ *THE LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. GRAHAM MURRAY,) ButeshireI am informed by the Prison Commissioners that the revisal of the instructions to prison officers was begun by them in January, and completed by the end of April last; and that the new instructions, as finally revised and approved, have now been printed and circulated. These instructions are issued in terms of No. 8 of the Rules for Prisons in Scotland, which have been laid before Parliament; and, as such instructions are voluminous and liable to be changed from time to time, it has never been the custom, and I do not now 1596 propose to lay them on the Table of the House. If, however, the hon. Member will call at the Scottish Office, I am sure the Secretary for Scotland will he happy to show him a copy of the instructions.