§ 20. Mr. WATTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that James Boyd, No. 35637, attached to the Scottish Rifles, Cameronians, Hamilton, Grade 3, who is at present serving a sentence of two years' hard labour as a conscientious objector in Inverness prison, is suffering from an injury to his knee which makes him lame and unfit for military service; and whether he will have inquiries made into the case, with a view to his discharge from the Army on medical grounds?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThis case has already been considered, and as a result of a special medical examination it was decided that Boyd should not be discharged from the Army.