HC Deb 13 March 1882 vol 267 cc740-1
MR. HEALY

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If he has any objection to a Return being furnished, giving the names of persons arrested in past twelve months under the Coercion Act (whether now in prison or released), the place of their arrest, the prison, and period of confinement, the number of re-arrests, the dates of release, where release has taken place, and the conditions of release if such have been signed, showing the counties where arrests have taken place?

MR. W. E. FORSTER

said, he would lay a Return upon the Table which would give the hon. Member nearly all the information he required.

MR. HEALY

hoped that the names would be given in alphabetical order, as otherwise it would be almost impossible to follow it; he also wished to know whether the right hon. Gentleman would give the names of persons who had signed conditions of release, as some released "suspects" who had not signed conditions had been nearly ruined by the suspicion that they had done so?

MR. W. E. FORSTER

said, that the hon. Member's last statement was a somewhat significant one. He could only say that it was the privilege of Members of the Government to give Returns in the form they thought best. If the hon. Member was dissatisfied with the Return he proposed to give he could move for another.

MR. REDMOND

said, he hoped the residences of those who were arrested would be given, and the prison to which they were conveyed.