§ Lord CAVENDISH-BENTINCKasked the Chief Secretary whether the staff of Dundrum State Asylum are still compelled to do 84 hours' duty per week, or 24 hours per week longer than the Broad-moor staff in England; whether there is ample accommodation in the asylum for an addition to the staff without incurring the slightest expense in reconstruction; whether the married portion, of the staff suffer badly in consequence of increased rents; if he will see that they get the same rate of lodging allowance as is paid at Broadmoor, to be made retrospective from 1st February, 1920; and whether he will also see to it that the artisans at Dundrum are put on the same basis as regards pay, bonus, and hours of duty as the artisans employed in a similar capacity in the prisons of England and Wales and Ireland?
§ Mr. HENRYThese matters are at present under discussion with the Treasury, and it is hoped that a decision will be reached at a very early date. It is not a fact that there is ample accommodation in the asylum for any 949W additional staff without incurring expense in reconstruction. The existing accommodation is filled to its utmost capacity.