HC Deb 11 July 1916 vol 84 c194
31. Mr. GINNELL

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the advantage afforded to aliens interned in this country of receiving visits from representatives of the American Government, followed by ameliorative consequences, whether the Government have considered the reasonableness of granting a similar privilege to untried English women and men interned in this country; and whether the American Government will be invited to send an official visitor to investigate and report on the condition of those English persons?

Mr. SAMUEL

I see no reason to adopt the course suggested. The American Government is not charged with the interests of prisoners other than Germans or Austrians.

Mr. GINNELL

Is not the American Government as much interested in prisons in this country as in Germany?

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