§ SIR ALFRED THOMAS (Glamorganshire, E.)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if his attention has been called to the coroner's inquest touching the death of Peter M'Duffy, who died in the police cell after arrest at Pontlottyn on Saturday night 28th November; and whether, having regard to the statement of the police constable, he will grant a special inquiry into the cause of death.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) According to the newspaper report which my hon. friend has been good enough to send me, the medical evidence shows that death was due to natural causes; nor was there any other evidence of violence or unnecessary force having been used on the deceased. The facts appear to have been fully investigated at the inquest.