Mr. R. Duckworthasked the Home Secretary whether his Department is considering, or will consider, the erection of a really up-to-date modern prison to be placed not in the towns but in the country districts; and whether, in the event of any transference of prisons, he will make a beginning with the Strangeways gaol at Manchester?
§ Sir S. HoareI am aware of the limitations which existing buildings may impose on the development of new schemes for the treatment of prisoners, and I can say no more than that I am examining the possibilities of further progress, with due regard to the financial considerations which will be involved.