§ 28. Mr. FREEMANasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will consider the desirability of amending the prison rules and regulations in Palestine so that there shall be no specially favourable treatment of political prisoners who have been accustomed to a higher standard of living, but all political prisoners be allowed the same privileges and amenities?
§ The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Dr. Drummond Shiels)As I have explained to the House on previous occasions, the law of Palestine, like the law of England, makes no discrimination between political and other prisoners. The Secretary of State—as at present advised—is not prepared to interfere with the regulations governing the treatment of prisoners in Palestine.