HC Deb 09 December 1943 vol 395 cc1122-3
28. Commander Locker-Lampson

asked the Home Secretary how many British citizens have been flogged or birched during the last 10 years in the British Isles?

Mr. H. Morrison

During the 10 years 1933–42, 2,100 boys under 17 were sentenced by courts of summary jurisdiction in England and Wales to be birched, and 480 males were sentenced by courts of assize or quarter sessions to receive the birch or the cat. No doubt the great majority of these sentences were imposed on British subjects, but the available statistics do not distinguish between aliens and British subjects.

Commander Locker-Lampson

Is not an increase in crime proved by the figures of flogging?