§ 41. Mr. RENDALLasked the Home Secretary the number of men in His Majesty's prisons who are there for failing to pay maintenance, under magistrates' orders, to wives; and whether many of these men are continuously in and out of prison for the same reason?
§ Mr. SHORTTI cannot give the total number now in prison nor the number who have been committed for this cause more than once, but in 1920 the total number so committed was 2,920.