§ Mr. CONNOLLYasked the Home Secretary if he is aware that the demolition of Neweastle-upon-Tyme city gaol and the consequent removal of prisoners to Durham City is imposing upon visiting justices of the peace railway expenses between the two cities, and that some of these are working men who can ill afford this expense for voluntary duties; and will he exercise his Departmental or discretionary powers to reimburse the said justices with out-of-pocket expenses?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSI regret that I have no authority to pay the travelling expenses of those magistrates who act as visiting justices of local prisons. The closing of the prison was in the interests both of economy and efficiency.