§ MR. LEHMANN (Leicestershire, Market Harborough)To ask the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been called to the conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. Ley, commanding the 1st North Staffordshire Regiment, who was charged before the justices at Aldershot on 24th September with 446 cruelty to a cat; and if he intends to take any action in the matter.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Haldane.) Yes, Sir. My attention has been drawn to this incident, and action is being taken.