HC Deb 06 August 1924 vol 176 cc2924-5
59. Mr. JAMES GARDNER

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visitors the prisoner Bottomley received during each of the months from March to September, 1923, inclusive?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Rhys Davis)

The numbers of visits, exclusive of ordinary family visits to which the prisoner became entitled under the Rules, were as follows:—March, 1923, 3; April, 18; May, 20; June, 15; July, 1; August, nil; September, 2.

Mr. HAYES

Were there any special reasons for granting such a large number of visits?

Mr. DAVIES

I have already pointed out that all the visits I have mentioned were for the purpose of clearing up matters connected with the bankruptcy proceedings in which the prisoner was concerned.