HC Deb 04 July 1932 vol 268 c4
4. Major-General Sir ALFRED KNOX

asked 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. HOARE

I have no information beyond what appeared in the Press regarding this visit.

Sir A. KNOX

Are these agitators who are in prison allowed to receive as many visitors as they like?

Sir S. HOARE

No. Under the prison rules they may receive one visit a week of a non-political character.

Sir A. KNOX

Does not my right hon. Friend think, generally speaking, that, if the rules were made stricter, this agitation might be discouraged sooner?

Sir S. HOARE

No, I have no reason to think there has been any abuse of these privileges.

10. Mr. RHYS DAVIES

asked 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. HOARE

I understand that the answer is in the negative.