§ Mr. BYRNEasked the Home Secretary whether it is proposed to improve the con- 810W dition of the Irish prisoners at Frongoch Camp; if he is aware that hospital patients have been ordered to do scrubbing and other work of a laborious nature contrary to the rules of The Hague Convention; if he is aware that 200 prisoners were sent back to sleep in the grain loft on the 1st of the month; if he will state the number at present in hospital and the number undergoing terms of punishment; and if the Government have considered the advisability of allowing the prisoners to return to their homes in Ireland?
Mr. SAMUELUpon the first and last parts of the question I have nothing to add to the numerous statements I have already made in this House. I have called for a report upon the statements in the remainder of the question: when it reaches me I will communicate further with the hon. Member.