§ Mr. BOWERMANasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he is aware that Mr. P. T. Daly, secretary of the Irish Trades Congress, is at present detained in S Wandsworth Detention Camp, and that Mr. W. O'Brien, secretary of the Dublin Trades Council, and Mr. T. Foran, Poor Law guardian, are at Richmond Barracks, Dublin, awaiting trial in connection with the recent disturbances in Dublin; and whether the inquiry concerning the three men will be expedited, and the minute-book and other papers appertaining to the congress restored to the officials of that body?
§ Mr. TENNANTThe inquiries regarding all Irish prisoners are being conducted with the utmost rapidity possible. Any I books or documents which are no longer required by the military or civil authorities will be restored in due course.
§ Mr. T. M. HEALYasked the Under-1 Secretary of State for War how many Irish Catholics are interned at Frongoch, near Bala, Wales, as untried prisoners; how many miles is the camp from a Catholic church; what arrangements have been made as to providing for a Catholic chaplain; and why have His Majesty's subjects, accused of no offence, been sent to a more inaccessible place for visits than alien enemies?
§ Mr. TENNANTOn the 28th June there were 1,047 Irish prisoners at Frongoch, the majority of whom are believed to be Roman Catholics. Arrangements have been made for a priest to say Mass in the camp weekly. Frongoch was chosen, in conjunction with the Home Office, as a place of internment most suitable, on account of size, of all the available places of internment in Great Britain.