HC Deb 24 April 1923 vol 163 cc420-2

In proviso (5) to Section forty-four of the Army Act (which prescribes the scale of punishment by courts martial) after the word "flogging" there shall be inserted the words "or attachment to a fixed object."

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Lieut.-Colonel Guinness)

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

I do not think this needs any explanation. It is a condition made to satisfy hon. Members opposite, and it was agreed to do it in the House of Lords.

Captain WEDGWOOD BENN

Some of my hon. Friends undertook not to delay the proceedings, and I thank the hon. and gallant Member.

Question put, and agreed to.

The remaining Orders were read, and postponed.

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