PRISONERS OF PARLIAMENT.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 249, 9 February 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

PRISONERS OF PARLIAMENT.

Few people are aware that the Houses of Parliament have their own prison. Vet situated high up in the Clock Tower is the M.P.'s prison, consisting of four bedrooms and two sitting-rooms. The honourable member who has been dishonoured by imprisonment for a breach of Parliamentary etiquette does not have a very hard life in tjtj. Stephen's prison. The prisoner's mealsare wut up to liiin from the House of Commons' kitchens, and he can choose whatever dishes lie likes from the ordinary menu. I nlike an ordinary prisoner, 1: 0 receives the bill for his meals irom the catering authorities! Perhaps the best-remembered occiu pant of Parliament' prison was Mr. Hradlaugh, who wa« sentenced by the Speaker to imprisonment in the Clock lower loi refusing to withdraw when, requested so to do. Offenders against Parliament othei than members have before now been untenccd to imprisonment in the Clock lower. Thc«,< "'outsiders have included several public speakers and the editor of a prominent newspaper. lit *•