§ MR. CLAUDE HAYOn behalf of the hon. Member for the Thanet Division of Kent, I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can state the number of cranks, tread-wheels, and other machines of unproductive labour now in use in His Majesty's prisons in England and Wales.
§ THE SECRETARY OK STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. GLADSTONE, Leeds, W.)Unproductive labour on tread-wheels or cranks has been discontinued at all the prisons for some years past. At three prisons water has to be drawn for the use of the prison by wheels or cranks; but this is an ordinary prison service and not a form of hard labour.