§ MR. LEA (St. Pancras, E.)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Admiralty, with reference to Cd. 3628, Return of Punishments in the Royal Navy during 1906, what were the offences and sentences in each case of the twelve men sentenced to penal servitude, and the offences and sentences of each individual in the seven cases who suffered corporal punishment with birch, the date on which each birching took place, where it occurred, and why was this form of punishment inflicted, having in view the statement he made to the House on the 21st February, 1906†
§ MR. EDMUND ROBERTSONThe information asked for in this Question can best be given in the form of a Return which will be granted if the hon. Member moves for it. The birching was inflicted in all cases before the Admiralty orders of the 30th January, 1906, had been promulgated to the Fleet.