§ MR. CLAUDE HAY (Shoreditch, Hoxton)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War whether soldiers sentenced for military offences to a term of imprisonment and to be discharged the Army are committed to civil prisons in which the worst of civil criminals are undergoing punishment; and whether, under powers conferred upon him under the Army Act, he will direct that all soldiers sentenced to imprisonment for military offences shall be sent to military prisons; and, if not, will he explain why this course should not be taken.
§ MR. BRODRICKThe reply to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. As regards the rest of the Question, there is every intention of sending military prisoners to military prisons only when sufficient accommodation in the latter is available.