§ Lieut.-Colonel POWNALL (by Private Notice)asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any further news which he can give to the house in regard to Mr. Macnamara, who was arrested by the French authorities in Tunis?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONMy information is that the trial has resulted in Mr. Macnamara's conviction and in the imposition of the minimum term of imprisonment, namely, two months, from which will be deducted the period of imprisonment already served. The penalty includes in addition the payment of a fine of 2,000 francs and exclusion from French territory for a term of five years. According to the report which I have received the trial was full and strictly according to local usage.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWill the hon. Gentleman say what was his crime?
§ Lieut.-Colonel POWNALLWill the hon. Gentleman make representations to the French Government that, in view of the intolerable treatment to which this young man was subjected when under remand, the balance of the term of imprisonment should be remitted?
Mr. LOCKER-LAMPSONHis Majesty's Government are now considering what further action they can 883 properly take in Mr. Macnamara's interests.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWhat technical offence was it that he committed?
§ Colonel WEDGWOODWere those observations criticisms of the French Government's action in Morocco?