HC Deb 08 April 1913 vol 51 cc997-8
65. Mr. WEDGWOOD

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Miss Emerson, who is serving a sentence of two months' imprisonment in Holloway for breaking a window, is an American citizen and is being forcibly fed; and, if so, what report do the doctors give of the present state of her health?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Ellis Griffith)

The answer to the first two questions is in the affirmative. The doctors report that the condition of her health is quite satisfactory.

Mr. WEDGWOOD

Is she being forcibly fed?

Mr. ELLIS GRIFFITH

I have said that the answer to the first two questions is in the affirmative. The second question is whether she is being forcibly fed; therefore she is being forcibly fed.

Mr. WEDGWOOD

There are two forms of forcible feeding. Is she being forcibly fed and resisting, or is she being forcibly fed without resisting?

Mr. ELLIS GRIFFITH

I am afraid I cannot differentiate.