§ MR. HUGH LAW (Donegal, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the improvement in the condition of Morocco prisons has ceased, and that things have reverted to their former condition; that the prison inspectors have been dismissed; that gaolers have little and, in some cases, no pay; that the Government provides no food for the prisoners; and that the prisons are filthy, insanitary, and full of vermin; and, if so, whether he will instruct the British Minister at Tangier to consult his colleagues as to the necessity of drawing the attention of the Moorish Government to the condition of the prisons, with a view to immediate improvement.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYI have received no official information to show that the state of affairs in the prisons of Morocco has recently deteriorated, but I will instruct His Majesty's Minister at Tangier to furnish me with a report on the subject.
† See (4) Debates, clxxi., 849.‡ See (4) Debates, clxxi., 226.