§ MR. T. HARRINGTON (Dublin, Harbour)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has yet re-considered the case of the prisoner Egan, at present in Portland Prison; and whether he can hold out hopes of his speedy release?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. H. MATTHEWS, Birmingham, E.)The answer to the first paragraph of the question is in the affirmative, and to the second I have to reply in the negative.