§ DR. FARQUHARSON (Aberdeenshire, W).: I beg to ask the First Lord of the Treasury whether it is his intention to introduce, during the present Session, the Bill for the establishment of reformatories for inebriates, mentioned in the Queen's Speech; and, if he does so, whether he will include in it arrangements for the reception of habitual offenders in labour settlements, as recommended in the Departmental Committee (1895) on Habitual Offenders, Vagrants, Beggars, Inebriates, and Juvenile Delinquents (Scotland), and the Report from the Departmental Committee on Prisons (1895)?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYNo, Sir; I do not think that there is any probability that my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary will be able to introduce a Bill on this subject during the present Session.
§ DR. FARQUHARSONasked whether, if time could not be found for the introduction of the Bill in that House, the right hon. Gentleman would arrange for its introduction in the House of Lords?
§ THE FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURYI will consult with the Home Secretary upon the point.