JEREMY CORBYN warned today that the government risks letting jailed Palestine protesters on hunger strike die in prison.

The former Labour leader and Your Party MP said that he had visited one of the hunger strikers on Tuesday and was “deeply concerned that prisoners are being held on remand for an inordinate length of time.”

Mr Corbyn visited Amu Gib in HMP Bronzefield as she marked their 39th day without food after being accused of offences relating to RAF Brize Norton.

Amu is one of eight political prisoners who are on hunger strike demanding a fair trial and the de-proscription of Palestine Action. Three have been taken to hospital so far.

The Islington North MP said in a statement that this was “an emergency that should be the front page of every newspaper in Britain.

“Amu has now been in prison for several months.

“The trial date is not set until January 2027, which means they will have been in prison for 18 months before the trial. This constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.”

The veteran MP spoke out after Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle slammed ministers for taking up to 12 months to reply to MPs raising the urgent case.

Justice Secretary David Lammy’s failure to reply to Labour MP John McDonnell is “totally unacceptable,” Mr Hoyle added.

Mr McDonnell told the Commons that he wrote to Mr Lammy requesting a meeting over a hunger strike by Palestine Action prisoners last Wednesday.

“We’ve not received any response,” he said. “I informed his office yesterday that we will be raising a point of order. We gave it another day. We still haven’t had a response to that letter.

“This is a matter of urgency and I would have expected at least the courtesy of some response, even if he’s not willing to meet us.”

Sir Lindsay said: “I always expect to take seriously correspondence from members whichever side of the house. It is totally unacceptable. 

“I can’t make a meeting happen but I do expect people’s correspondence to be dealt with quickly and effectively.

“I’m getting people more and more complaining about ministerial correspondence.

“We even heard of one that took 12 months. It’s not good enough. It’s not acceptable. The ministerial teams need to get their act together and make sure members of Parliament quite rightly get a reply, timely.”

The Ministry of Justice and Cabinet Office were contacted for comment.