§ 96. Mr. HOGGEasked the Secretary for Scotland whether his attention has been called to the sentence in Edinburgh Police Court of six stripes on two lads of eleven and twelve years of age, respectively; and whether, in view of recent legislation, he has sanctioned the carrying out of sentences of this nature?
The SECRETARY for SCOTLAND (Mr. McKinnon Wood)My hon. Friend surely does not suggest that my sanction is required to the exercise of ordinary criminal jurisdiction. I cannot understand to what recent legislation he refers.