§ 20. Mr. MORRELLasked the Secretary of State for War if he will have inquiries made into the circumstances of the death of Private John Theodore Jack son at Clipstone Camp, Notts, and in particular if he will ascertain whether this man had claimed to be a pacifist and conscientious objector; whether he committed suicide within ten days of his going to Clipstone Camp; whether there is reason to believe that his suicide was due to the ill-treatment he had received; and whether there have been any other cases of suicide at this camp?
§ Mr. FORSTERPrivate Jackson did not claim to be a pacifist or a conscientious objector. The answer to the second part of the question is in the affirmative, and to the third in the negative. The reply to the last part of the question is that there was a case of suicide by drowning at Clip-stone Camp in September last, and that no other has occurred until the present case.
§ Mr. MORRELLWhat does the hon. Member mean by saying that Private Jackson did not claim to be a conscientious objector? Is it not the case that he claimed before the local tribunal and that his claim was disallowed?
§ Mr. FORSTERI was not aware of that.