§ CAPTAIN M'CALMONT (Antrim, E.)asked the Secretary of State for War, Whether certain portions of the old County Antrim Prison buildings at Carrickfergus have been set apart for the accommodation of two first-class Staff sergeants of the 2nd Brigade North Irish Division, of the Royal Artillery; whether these same quarters were some years ago condemned, on sanitary grounds, as being unfit for the accommodation of prisoners; whether one of the Staff sergeants referred to is obliged to live at his own expense in the town on account of the illness of his wife, brought about by the unhealthy state of the quarters in question; and, whether he will take the necessary steps to have their sanitary condition inquired into without delay, and, if advisable, have them at once condemned?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)The information in my possion is incomplete, and I must ask for a little more time to go into the whole matter. If the hon. and gallant Member will repeat his Question after the Recess I shall have pleasure in telling him what steps have been taken.