§ 17. Commander OLIVER LOCKER-LAMPSONasked the Secretary of State for War whether he will reconsider the case of Major Adam?
§ Mr. SHAWThis case has been repeatedly considered by successive Secretaries of State, and I am not aware of any fresh grounds for re-opening the matter.
§ Commander LOCKER-LAMPSONHas not Lord Allenby requested the War Office to reconsider the matter, and is not Major Adam, having been a Member of this House, entitled to further consideration?
§ Mr. SHAWI do not remember a letter from Lord Allenby. I have looked up the records down to the time of Lord Haldane at the War Office. The case has been considered over and over again, and I see no ground for re-opening it.
§ Sir BERTRAM FALLEHas the right hon. Gentleman gone into the case himself?
§ Mr. SHAWI have gone into it sufficiently to have read about it for hours. If I went into it till I read all the documents, I should be as old as Methusaleh before I finished.
§ Mr. MACPHERSONIs it not a fact that Major Adam has produced some new facts?
§ Mr. SHAWI am aware of no new facts that modify the grounds on which the decision has been arrived at.
§ Commander LOCKER-LAMPSONIf I can produce any new facts, will the right hon. Gentleman give a new inquiry?