§ 21. Mr. GILLETTasked the Home Secretary whether he is aware of the difficulty experienced by certain magistrates in obtaining information as to the exact differences accorded to prisoners sentenced to periods of hard labour, ordinary imprisonment, and imprisonment in the second division, and also that the issue of information on this subject to magistrates' clerks has not always reached individual magistrates; and whether he will consider the desirability of issuing a Circular for the personal information of every justice?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSFull information on this subject was circulated to all Courts of summary jurisdiction some time ago, and I hope to issue a 1100 revised and comprehensive statement to all Courts at an early date. Arrangements will be made for a sufficient number of copies to be available for the information of all justices attending the Courts and for placing the Circular on sale.