MR. POWELL-WILLIAMSI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will add to the Return in preparation relating to alien prisoners now undergoing punishment, a statement showing approximately the total cost to the country of carrying out the sentences, passed upon them.
*THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. AKERS DOUGLAS, Kent, St. Augustine's)Yes, Sir; the Return which I have promised of aliens in prison at a given date will contain an approximate calculation of the cost entailed by the detention of these persons.