§ MR. HAZLETONI beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he is aware that certain breaches of prison discipline in convict prisons in Ireland are punishable by flogging, whilst for exactly similar breaches of discipline in local prisons in England flogging is, under no circumstances, permitted; and whether, in view of this difference, he will consider the advisability of abolishing flogging altogether as a method of punishment for breaches of discipline in convict prisons.
MR. BRYCEI am informed that in both convict and local prisons in England flogging is legal and permitted for the offences of mutiny, incitement to mutiny, and gross personal violence to an officer or servant of the prison. In Ireland, flogging in local prisons is not legal in any circumstances; and flogging in convict prisons is in fact permitted for the same offences as in England, although
† See (4) Debates, cliii., 56, 57.996 its infliction is not confined by law to these particular cases. So far, therefore, as there is a difference, the use of this punishment is more restricted in Irish prisons than in English. As I informed the hon. Member recently, flogging is rarely resorted to in Ireland, one case, only having occurred in 1905.
§ MR. HAZLETONHow many representations have been received from the Transvaal Government with regard to the flogging of British subjects in Irish prisons?