§ 36. Mr. BOWERMANasked the Secretary of State for War if he will consider the case of P. Steel, No. 200446, B Company, 18th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, nearly sixty years of age, who on the outbreak of War joined the National Reserve and volunteered for foreign service twelve months later, was sent to Burma, then to the Andaman Islands, and is now in Rangoon; and whether, as several younger men of the battalion have been sent home, Steel's desire to be released can be acceded to?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLInquiries will be made in this case and I will inform my hon. Friend of the result as early as possible.