§ MR. WILLIAM O'BRIEN (Cork, N.E.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the nature of the inquiry he has instituted into the prison treatment of John Daly, and what is the result; and, whether, having regard to the admitted fact that an overdose of belladonna was administered to him, any independent medical inquiry has been or will be made with regard to the nature of his medical treatment and condition?
§ MR. MATTHEWSThe inquiry will be conducted by the prison visitors, who are quite independent of the Prison Department, and I hope it will commence at the end of this week or the beginning of next. The inquiry will, in the ordinary course, include the whole question of the prisoner's medical treatment and condition.
§ MR. SEXTONWill the evidence taken by these visitors and the Report be laid upon the Table, and what opportunity will be afforded for calling attention to this matter?
§ MR. MATTHEWSI think the hon. Gentleman ought to postpone that question until the Report has been made.
§ MR. T. W. RUSSELL (Tyrone, S.)Will the right hon. Gentleman state the offence for which this man was in prison?
§ MR. SEXTONNo matter what he was in prison for, I wish to give notice that on the earliest opportunity I shall press for the production of the evidence and Report of this inquiry.