§ MR. E. H. PICKERSGILL (Bethnal Green, S.W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to a report that a system of physical drill has been tried in Darlinghurst Gaol, New South Wales, with marked beneficial results, it is stated, in creating a distaste for prison life; and whether, especially having regard to the fact that the late Prisons Committee recommended a similar system, he will request the Prisons Commissioners to make inquiry respecting the experiment at Darlinghurst?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY,) Lancashire, BlackpoolI have not seen the report to which the hon. Member refers, but shall be glad, if he can let me have a copy, to consider the matter, and, if they seem necessary, to make further inquiries.