§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Colonies will he state what is the nature of the personal punishment to which he referred and which he recommended in December last as a substitution for the punishment of the burning of the Boer farms in South Africa.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINI have not interfered in any way with the discretion of the military authorities, and the hon. Member is incorrect in saying that I have recommended any punishment.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLWill the right hon. Gentleman kindly answer my question? With all respect to him, he has not done so.
§ MR. J. CHAMBERLAINdid not rise.
§ MR. SWIFT MACNEILLI press for an answer.
§ *MR. SPEAKEROrder, order! The right hon. Gentleman declines to add anything to his answer.