HC Deb 16 June 1936 vol 313 c797
41. Mr. MATHERS (for Mr. CASSELLS)

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of persons remitted by sheriff substitutes to Borstal institutions in Scotland in the years 1933, 1934 and 1935?

Sir G. COLLINS

The numbers of persons sentenced by sheriff courts to borstal detention during the years 1933, 1934 and 1935 were respectively 134, 118 and 119.

Mr. GALLAGHER

Is that not a crime against the youth of Scotland, and should not the sheriffs get a term of imprisonment?