§ 4. Major-General Sir ALFRED KNOXasked the Secretary of State for India for what purpose four members of the Servants of India Society received permission to visit Mrs. Naidu in Yeravda gaol?
§ Sir S. HOAREI have no information beyond what appeared in the Press regarding this visit.
§ Sir A. KNOXAre these agitators who are in prison allowed to receive as many visitors as they like?
§ Sir S. HOARENo. Under the prison rules they may receive one visit a week of a non-political character.
§ Sir A. KNOXDoes not my right hon. Friend think, generally speaking, that, if the rules were made stricter, this agitation might be discouraged sooner?
§ Sir S. HOARENo, I have no reason to think there has been any abuse of these privileges.
§ 10. Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Secretary of State for India whether any political prisoners or detenus in detention camps in India are subjected to solitary confinement, and for what reason?
§ Sir S. HOAREI understand that the answer is in the negative.