Given previous coverage of calls for Barry Gardiner to act, this is the Hansard record of an exchange in the House of Commons yesterday;
Barry Gardiner MP
Happy new year to you, Mr Speaker. Delays in the court system mean that one of my constituents has been in prison on remand awaiting trial for over a year. She is in New Hall Prison, 200 miles away from her mother, who is disabled and cannot make that journey. She has requested a transfer to Bronzefield Prison, so her mother can visit. Today, Heba Muraisi is close to death because she has been on a hunger strike protest for 67 days. I plead with the Leader of the House to let common sense and humanity prevail, to urgently intervene to agree the transfer, and to consider allowing her release on bail to her family home in my constituency—
(Speaker intervened warning Barry Gardiner: Order: ‘We have to be very careful. You are getting into the details, and I cannot afford that. Have you finished?’. Gardiner accepted the ruling)
Sir Alan Campbell for the Government
If my hon. Friend gives me the details of the case—I am talking about where the person concerned is currently—I will raise that with the Justice Secretary. On the wider point, we continually assess prisoners’ wellbeing and will always take appropriate action, including taking prisoners to hospital if their situation requires that. If he raises the issue with me, I will not only draw it to the attention of the Justice Secretary but make sure he gets the assurances that he and the family need.
2 comments:
Going on hunger strike is a choice that Heba Muraisi made thinking it would further her cause, clearly this is not the case, and clearly asking Barry Gardiner to intervene will make no difference. Keir Starmer and the labour government listen to no one but themselves and will only do a u-turn when its too late.
Good try Barry, but we know this Labour Government is a Hydra Authoritarian Dictatorship, just swap the Armed Forces for the Police in our case.
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