§ SIR JOHN KENNAWAY (Devon, Honiton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has received from Mr. Justice Darling the presentment of the Grand Jury of the County of Devon made at the last assizes at Exeter, that in cases of conviction of indecent assault upon girls under 14 the judge should have power to order the infliction of corporal punishment; whether he; has received communications of a similar nature; and if he is prepared to take action in the direction suggested?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTI have received numerous presentments on this 140 subject from Devon and from other counties, but I am afraid I do not see my way to proposing the amendment of the law which they recommend.