HC Deb 01 April 1919 vol 114 c1091W
Colonel WEDGWOOD

asked the Home Secretary whether prison doctors are not allowed to recommend conscientious objectors for discharge unless they believe them to be on the verge of total collapse; and, if this is not the fact, will he take steps to remove this impression which exists in the minds of some prison doctors?

Mr. SHORTT

The answer to the first question is in the negative; to the second that the instructions already issued leave no room for any such misconception, and that in fact no such misconception exists.