§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading, read.
§ THE DUKE OF RICHMOND, in moving that the Bill be now read the second time, said the object of the measure was very simple, and would, he thought, meet a difficulty which now existed. Under the existing law the prison authorities were permitted to contribute to schools of this character, but not to initiate them. The Bill proposed to remedy that deficiency by enabling the prison authorities to undertake the establishment of schools where it might appear necessary. It was, he might say, the supplement of the legislation of last year, for magistrates were empowered by the Prevention of Crime Act to send to these schools children who had been twice convicted, and in localities where such institutions did not exist the law became a dead letter.
THE EARL OF MORLEYsimply rose to say that the Bill would receive the cordial support and assistance of the Government.
§ Bill read 2a and committed to a Committee of the Whole House on Monday next.