HC Deb 09 September 1909 vol 10 c1471
Mr. POINTER

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the fact that British subjects resident in England have recently been subjected to police surveillance on account of their correspondence with Signor Ferrer and other Spanish subjects, who have been arrested on suspicion of complicity in the Barcelona riots; and whether, having regard to the nature of the repression carried on by the Spanish Government and the conduct of the Spanish police, he will prohibit any further action of a similar kind by the police in this country?

The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Gladstone)

There are no grounds that I know of for the suggestion that British subjects have been under surveillance by the police.

Mr. POINTER

If the facts are submitted to him will he give the matter consideration I

Mr. GLADSTONE

What facts?

Mr. POINTER

The facts referred to in the question.

Mr. GLADSTONE

Certainly. If they are facts.

Mr. T. M. HEALY

How many people were murdered in Barcelona during the disturbances there?

Mr. GLADSTONE

I do not know.

Mr. P. MORRELL

Does the right hon. Gentleman say there is no correspondence with the police in regard to the suppression of those riots?

Mr. GLADSTONE

I really know of no such correspondence.

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