§ MR. PICKERSGILL (Bethnal Green, S.W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the case of Miss A. J. Beatty, who, on Saturday, 21st April, being duly provided with a letter, applied for medical treatment at
† See page 583 of this Volume.880 King's College Hospital, when she was refused admission, and, on insisting upon her right, was arrested by the police, taken to Bow Street Police Station, and placed in a cell, permission to communicate with her friends being denied to her; and whether he will inquire into the circumstances of this case and the conduct of the police in the matter.
§ MR. JESSE COLLINGSMiss Beatty was arrested at 1.30 p.m. for creating a disturbance in Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, and taken to Bow Street Police Station previous to being brought before a magistrate. During the time she was in custody she made no request to be allowed to communicate with anybody, and her case was disposed of by the magistrate at 3.40 p.m. The Secretary of State finds no reason to take exception to the conduct of the police in any particular.