§ MR. TULLYOn behalf of the hon. Member for the Ossory Division of Queen's Co., I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, (1) whether the hon. Members for Birr Division, King's Co., Messrs. Wm. Lowry, D.C., M. Hogan, D.C., and Michael Glennon, prisoners in Tullamore Gaol, undergoing terms of imprisonment under The Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887, are obliged to take exercise in the ring amongst the ordinary prisoners; and (2) whether the hon. Member for Tullamore Division, also in the same prison, and who has been transferred to the infirmary by order of the prison surgeon, is denied the use of a knife and fork.
§ MR. WYNDHAMThe reply to the first inquiry is in the negative. The prisoners are in the "star" Class, and accordingly are not exercised with habitual criminals or prisoners of corrupt habits. In respect to the second inquiry, convicted prisoners are not allowed the use of knives and forks. Food requiring to be cut up is cut before being served, and a spoon is supplied. The hon. Member for the Tullamore Division recently informed one of the Members of the Prisons Board who visited the prison that he was receiving evey kindness and attention and had no complaint to make.