HC Deb 23 November 1916 vol 87 cc1556-7
75. Mr. DILLON

asked the Prime Minister whether he can now give a day for the discussion of the Motion in reference to the Irish political prisoners standing in the name of the Member for East Mayo? ["That the time has come when all untried prisoners detained in connection with the Irish Insurrection should be released, and that all the Irish prisoners convicted of complicity in that insurrection should, in acordance with the modern practice of civilised States, be treated as political prisoners."]

The PRIME MINISTER

I should like to have some further communication with my hon. Friend before I give a definite answer to this question, which he will perhaps repeat on Monday.

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