HC Deb 21 June 1898 vol 59 c951
MR. HOBHOUSE (Somerset, E.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will modify his rule for the appointment of Visiting Committees of Prisons at Epiphany Sessions, so as to enable chairmen of district councils who are elected in April to be appointed on those committees?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir M. W. RIDLEY,) Lancashire, Blackpool

I think the honourable Member's suggestion is one well worth consideration, and will bear it in mind when the new prison rules come to be made.