HC Deb 08 March 1898 vol 54 c977
MR. HERBERT GLADSTONE (Leeds, W.)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in continuation of Papers [C. 7702] and [C. 7995] (1896), he will lay upon the Table of the House a statement showing the steps which have been taken up to date to give effect to the recommendations contained in the Report of the Departmental Committee on Prisons which was presented in 1895?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

Such a statement has already been prepared, and I shall be very happy to lay it on the Table of the House.

MR. M. DAVITT (Mayo, S.)

Will it be presented before the Second Reading of the Bill?

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

If not laid this evening it will be laid to-morrow, but I hope it will be this evening.