HC Deb 20 November 1918 vol 110 cc3416-7
78. Mr. KING

asked the Chief Secretary for Ireland whether he is aware that the medical authority whom he permitted to visit Mrs. Gonne MacBride in Holloway Prison has advised her return to Dublin to be under Dr. Crofton; whether he intends to refuse Mrs. MacBride's application for permission to carry out this medical advice; and whether he can promise a speedy decision in this matter?

Mr. SHORTT

The medical authority recommends that Mrs. MacBride requires active medical and open-air treatment in a suitable climate. I am quite willing to allow Mrs. MacBride to reside in any sanatorium or other suitable place in England or Scotland, and if she will communicate to me the name of the place selected I will grant the necessary permission at once.

Mr. KING

Is it not the fact that Dublin was specially recommended in this report, and, if so, why cannot Mrs. MacBride, in her present state of health, be allowed a chance to recover?

Mr. SHORTT

Dublin was not specially recommended.

Mr. KING

Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman look at the report again if I bring him a copy?