HC Deb 06 July 1939 vol 349 c1522W
Colonel Wedgwood

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in what prison Miss Habusch will spend her life sentence; will confinement be solitary; are the wardresses white or coloured; and will she be permitted to see the rabbi and to read books?

Mr. M. MacDonald

The High Commissioner for Palestine reports that Miss Habusch is confined in the women's prison, which, for security reasons, is at present in temporary premises in Jerusalem. The answer to the second part of the question is in the negative. Miss Habusch is under the charge of a British matron, who is assisted by Palestinian wardresses, some of them Jewesses and some of them Arabs. The answers to the last part of the question are in the affirmative.