§ 79. Mr. BYRNEasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that censoring of Irish prisoners' letters by the military at Frongoch Camp has caused considerable delay in delivery; if he is aware that censored letters take eight or ten days to go to and from Ireland; if he is aware that the usual time for delivery of uncensored letters is twenty-four hours; and if he will take steps to remedy the delay?
Mr. SAMUELMy right hon. Friend has asked me to answer this question. A certain amount of delay in the censorship of letters has occurred, due to several causes-letters being wrongly or insufficiently addressed, pressure of work on the censors, and especially the movement of these prisoners from one place of detention to another. Steps have now been taken which will reduce the delay to the minimum.