§ 21. Colonel BURNasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has come to any decision in the case of Norman Tree, is now undergoing a sentence of twelve months' imprisonment and who is suffering from tuberculosis; and will he favourably consider the remission of the unexpired term of the sentence in order that this man may be treated at a sanatorium?
§ Mr. McKENNAI have carefully considered all the facts of this case and regret that I do not feel justified at present in recommending any remission of the sentence. The prisoner's health will receive careful medical attention in prison.
§ Colonel BURNIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that a Justice of the Peace for Surrey, who has interested himself in this very man, is willing to undertake to send him to a sanatorium, and pay his passage afterwards to a foreign country, in order that he may get employment there?
§ Mr. McKENNAI understand that a Justice of the Peace for Surrey has made an offer substantially in the terms stated by the hon. Gentleman.