§ Colonel DAYasked the Home Secretary whether experiments have been made so as to allow boys at reformatory schools to intermingle with youth of both sexes at social gatherings; and, if so, is he prepared to consider any extension of this practice, so as to allow boys and girls of neighbouring reformatories to mix socially?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe experiments referred to in the hon. Member's question have been made with a certain amount of success and every encouragement has been given by the inspectors of the children's branch, The suggestion made in the second paragraph of the question is, generally speaking, impracticable owing to the distance between the schools.