§ 10. Mr. RENDALLasked the Secretary of State for War whether Trooper England, No. 2405, Royal Gloucestershire 9 Hussars Yeomanry, has been refused leave for fifteen months in spite of repeated applications for the same; whether the reason given is that he has been required for duty to allow of leave being given to men about to proceed overseas; whether during the last thirteen months very few, if any, of his regiment have proceeded overseas; whether the man has been given to understand that as long as he remains uninoculated he will not be allowed leave; and whether anything will be done to remove the pressure being put on this soldier, contrary to the promise of the late Secretary of State for War that no pressure was to be brought to bear on soldiers who objected to vaccination or inoculation?
§ The FINANCIAL SECRETARY to the WAR OFFICE (Mr. Forster)Fresh instructions have been issued recently, which it is hoped may remove greivances in these cases. In these circumstances I am sure my hon. Friend will not expect me to call for a report on the details of the particular case he mentions.