§ Mr. BYRNEasked the Home Secretary if he will make inquiries into the treatment of Stephen Jordan, now in Birmingham Prison; if he is aware that on 21st August this man petitioned for clothes and boots, he having no soles on his boots except those he made himself out of cardboard; if he will say what is the diet scale of this prisoner; and if he will see that he receives better treatment?
§ Mr. BRACEStephen Jordan petitioned on 21st August for civilian clothes and civilian boots. He refused the clothing then supplied to the interned prisoners, namely, the clothing prescribed for untried prisoners. The rule was subsequently altered and he was supplied with the boots and clothing he had asked for. As regards his diet, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply given on the 9th July last to the hon. Member for North Somerset on this subject. The conditions of his internment have been made as liberal as the circumstances will permit, and I do not think that any further modifications are either necessary or practicable.