§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILL (Donegal, S.)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the ladies
† This Answer is substituted for that published on the preceding day.1364 now undergoing terms of imprisonment for offences arising out of the Suffragist agitation are only allowed each one towel, which has to serve for daily use and the weekly bath for a whole week, and one handkerchief for a whole week; whether they are only allowed a small tin basin for washing and that in the early morning, and are not allowed to wash their hands again during the day and whether, regard being had to the fact that such restrictions are calculated to be injurious to the health of the prisoners, and are of a humiliating character, there will be any and, if so, what modifications in their enforcement.(Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) These prisoners are allowed one towel for cell use, and one for bathing. The normal allowance of handkerchiefs in the second division is one a week, but additional ones are issued on application, and have been issued in several instances to these prisoners. They are allowed to wash their hands as often as they like, and at 8 p.m. a bucket of hot water is supplied. These regulations cannot be regarded as either insanitary or humiliating.