Minister questioned in the Commons about hunger strike at Yarl's Wood

Tuesday, 6 March 2018 14:06

In an Urgent Question in the House of Commons today, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott claimed she had been misled by the Home Office, G4S and Serco about a hunger strike at Yarl's Wood.  She and the Shadow Attorney General had been to the detention centre to inspect the conditions there. The visit coincided with a hunger strike by some detainees in protest at the “inhumane conditions.” But she had been told categorically there was no hunger strike. She also questioned letters...Request free trial