§ 28 Mr. THURTLE (for Mr. LANSBURY)asked the Under-Secretary of State for India how many persons sentenced to imprisonment in the Punjab during the past 12 years charged with offences connected with the. Conspiracy Acts or for offences dealt with under martial law, are still in prison, and for what further terms such persons will be detained; how many of these prisoners, if any, died while in prison; the ages of the prisoners at present serving terms of imprisonment; and is it the intention of the Government to review the cases of these prisoners for the purpose of granting an amnesty?
§ Major Sir HARRY BARNSTON (for Earl WINTERTON)My right hon. Friend has not available the information 1222 asked for, but is taking steps to obtain it, and will communicate with the hon. Member in due course.