§ Mr. MACPHERSONasked the Lord Advocate whether the Prison Commissioners for Scotland were consulted before it was decided to abandon the work on the Peterhead harbour of refuge; and whether a rearrangement will have to be made at 1375W Peterhead prison in order to provide work for convicts who have hitherto been engaged upon the construction of the Peterhead breakwater?
Mr. McKINNON WOODThe Treasury is in communication with the Scottish Office on the subject of the future employment of convicts at Peterhead convict prison.