§ 1. Mr. DAYasked the Under-Secretary of State for India the number of persons who are still in gaol for political offences in India and the number who have been in gaol for more than five years?
§ Mr. BUTLERThe number of persons convicted of offences connected with the civil disobedience movement who are reported to be still in prison is five. None of these has been in prison for five years.
§ Mr. BUTLERThe whole matter is always under consideration.
§ Mr. THURTLEAre we to understand that that reply includes prisoners detained without having been tried?
§ Mr. BUTLERThey include, as I have said, imprisonment for civil disobedience offences.