§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the Home Secretary if he will have immediate inquiry made into the case of Alexander Bain, a conscientious objector in Durham Prison, who is suffering through his eyes not receiving attention; will he say why the Home Office has ignored the appeal 56W recently sent by Bain for attention to this matter; and, in view of the seriousness of his eyesight and the possibility that blindness may ensue if prompt attention is not given to the case, will he see that action is taken at once.
§ Mr. BRACEIn April last prisoner was taken at the public expense to an eye specialist, who reported that there was nothing organically wrong with his eyes and prescribed a change of glasses. These were supplied. It is incorrect to say that the prisoner's eyes have not received proper attention.