HC Deb 02 July 1917 vol 95 cc745-6
37. Mr. TREVELYAN

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been called to the imprisonment of Mrs. Skinner for three months and Mrs. Hayes for one month, and the fining of another woman, for the distribution of leaflets demanding that the Government should at once start negotiations to conclude the War; whether the advocacy of peace by negotiations is a crime; and, if not, whether he will take steps to mitigate the sentences imposed on these women?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE, for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Brace)

My right hon. Friend's attention has not been called to these cases. If the hon. Member will let me know when and where the convictions took place, I will have inquiry made.