§ 3. Mr. GINNELLasked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is now in a position to announce the release from restriction of all those deported from Ireland without charge or trial or restricted to specified areas; what are the intentions of the Government with reference to deportees who have not stayed in the areas to which they were restricted; and whether the general amnesty of political prisoners extends to all in prison for offences purely political, such as Peter O'Keeffe and Tadg Barry, of Cork?
§ The CHIEF SECRETARY for IRELAND (Mr. Duke)As to the first part of the question, I have nothing to add to the answer I gave the hon. Member on Monday. The two persons mentioned in the concluding part of the question were not imprisoned for complicity in the rebellion.
§ Mr. GINNELLMay I ask whether this serious and moderate request will be reconsidered favourably by the Government?
§ Mr. GINNELLDoes the Government expect that that callous refusal will help the coining Convention?