Mr Scott and a nurse see the prisoners, but he will not discuss any specifics of their condition - fearful the rebels would stop him visiting the hostages, or, worse, would harm them.
"All I can say is they have got more mattresses and blankets today and we're doing everything we can to make them as comfortable as possible," he said after yesterday's 90-minute visit.
Since the coup began on May 19, the captives have been subjected to psychological harm. Unconfirmed reports say many of them, including deposed Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, sit in silence with heads bowed all day long.
Speight's public comments hint at the trauma they must be going through.
"Look, I could easily have shot all these people, okay," he told a press conference late on Sunday.
"Don't forget the cause for which we have acted. I'm talking Fijian to Fijian and I don't expect European journalists to understand that."
If that is what he tells the world's media, what is he saying to the prisoners in private?
But at the same press conference Speight went to great lengths to convey the image of a reasonable man being kind to the MPs he kidnapped 18 days ago.
"They get a chance to get out of the room on a daily basis, get around the yard.
"They have got communication with their families, fresh clothes, good accommodation and good meals, daily showers.
"Whilst all that is happening, I do not for one second deny the possibility that perhaps emotionally they have endured some stress.
"All that is part and parcel of the whole coup situation and we're very mindful of that - which is why we're going out of our way to ensure that their custody is as comfortable as possible."
Speight even claimed to have offered to release four of the hostages at the weekend, although there has been no independent confirmation of that.
The picture he paints of the conversation in which he offered to release the four is one of calm and reason, a generous offer without strings attached.
"They said to us that whilst they appreciated [our] offer to release them ... they wished to remain until the crisis is over," said Speight.
But the failed businessman admits he is using the MPs to lever his way into power.
"The hostages have their place in this whole process."
He avoids persistent questions about them, trying to divert media attention from their plight.
Reporter: What kind of state are they in?
Speight: Have you just come? Will someone tell him? They're well, they're well. Don't worry about them, please.
Instead, he prefers to joke with reporters, chuckling so loudly it can probably be heard by his prisoners.
He laughs when asked if he speaks with Mr Chaudhry about what is happening.
"From time to time I drop in and have a chat, but I don't do it daily. It's mainly me talking, not much dialogue. I doubt Mr Chaudhry is in a mood to dialogue with me in detail."
Quite what is going on inside the hostage quarters - indigenous Fijians are kept in the parliamentary chamber while the Fiji Indians are in a ground floor office - is a mystery.
By Speight's own admission, they know nothing of the progress of talks between him and the military.
To them it must seem there is no end in sight.
To them it must seem a lifetime ago that they and not a man with a gun were running the country.
No doubt, the captors would have told the hostages the unfavourable news from the outside world, such as the trashing of the home of Mr Chaudhry's son and private secretary, Rajendra Chaudhry, on Friday.
Just as likely, they would not have been given the messages of support that flow from those in Fiji brave enough to speak out - people such as Finau Tabakaucoro, a Suva resident who wrote a letter to the Fiji Times yesterday.
"Permit me to salute the women members of Parliament who are being held hostage by terrorists for their courage and bravery.
"The terrible action taken against them has made them national heroes."
George Speight talks to IRN's Barry Soper
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