HC Deb 23 March 1914 vol 60 c16
25. Mr. STUART-WORTLEY

asked the Home Secretary whether, with a view to preventing destruction of national art treasures and damage to public buildings, he will direct that persons who have been temporarily discharged from prison under the Prisoners (Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health) Act, 1913, and who are known to have been guilty of committing wilful damage to property and to have expressed their intention of doing such damage again, should, from the moment of their temporary release, be kept under constant observation by the police?

Mr. McKENNA

There are almost insuperable difficulties in keeping persons of this class under constant observation, but the object the right hon. Gentleman has in view is borne well in mind.