§ 43. Mr. JOWETTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War the number of men over twenty-one shot by order of court-martial and the number of those under twenty-one shot by order of court-martial during the War on the various scenes of operations; and whether he will inform the House if any allowances are made to the dependants of such men?
§ Mr. TENNANTI would refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Blackburn on the 26th January. In reply to the last part of the question, I would inform him that the issue of separation allowance in such cases is continued for twenty-six weeks from the date of notification of death.
§ 44. Mr. JOWETTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he will give an undertaking to the House of Commons that no death sentences shall be carried out upon any soldiers serving in France or other places until the record of the case has been submitted to competent legal authority in London for confirmation?
§ Mr. TENNANTIt is unnecessary to submit such sentences to legal authority in London, as, under present practice, no such sentence is ever carried out without being submitted to the Deputy Judge Advocate-General in France.