§ Mr. MILLSasked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether his attention has been drawn to the Report of the Visapur Gaol Inquiry Committee, whether, seeing that the bel-chain by which prisoners are chained together at night is still in use in India gaols, and that no scavenger is employed in such cases to prevent insanitary conditions, he will advise the Government of India to abolish this practice?
§ Mr. RICHARDSThe Government of India have brought to the notice of the local Governments the Jail Committee's strong condemnation of this method of securing prisoners, and have expressed a hope that it will be prohibited except when it is absolutely indispensable as a precaution against escape.