§ 5. Colonel WEDGWOODasked the Secretary of State for India whether Leslie Hutchinson has given notice of appeal against his four years' sentence in connection with the Meerut trials; and does this sentence take into account the four years he has already been in prison or is it additional?
§ Sir S. HOAREAll the prisoners have appealed, and the sentences in all cases run from the date of judgment, that is from 16th January. It is not the case that Hutchinson has already been in prison for four years as he was granted bail during the latter part of the trial.
§ Colonel WEDGWOODIs it at present illegal to be a Communist in India?
§ Sir S. HOAREI should not like to be drawn into a general answer of that kind.