§ MR. ASCROFTI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Joseph Wilson, aged 18, of Failsworth, who, on the 23rd of February last, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour, and committed to the Strangeways Prison at Salford; is he aware that Wilson complained that he was ill and unable to do the work, and for same was reported to the Governor, and that on the medical officer examining him and stating that he was shamming he was sentenced to three days' confinement in the dark cells with a diet of bread and water; that on the 24th of March he was removed to the hospital suffering from enteric fever contracted in the prison, from which he subsequently died; and whether he will cause inquiries to be made into the case?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENTI have not received information on this matter yet, and I must ask the honourable Member to repeat the Question next week.