§ MR. PICKERSGILLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the prison chaplain who suggested that first offenders should be kept in prison apart from the other prisoners was treated discourteously by the Prison Commissioners; and whether he has any objection to include the following rule (now in force in Scottish prisons) in the Draft Rules: "The chaplain may, at any time, offer any suggestion for improvements or for the advantage of the service?"
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTThis is the first time I have heard the allegation. I believe it to be quite unfounded. As regards the second paragraph, if the honourable Member will look at the Draft Rules he will find the words he suggests already there.