§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if he can take steps to secure leave for Private H. Stone, No. 40351, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who has been over three years in France and has not had any leave at all?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave yesterday to my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham (East).
§ Sir J. JARDINEasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether, since our victories over the Turks in Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Syria, the War Office will endeavour to arrange for the grant of leave to the United Kingdom of such officers and men of British regiments who have had no such leave since they volunteered at the outbreak of war in 1914 to go where they were wanted?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONMy hon. Friend may rest assured that every facility which circumstances admit will continue to be 2323W afforded for men serving in the areas of operations mentioned to return home on leave. As I stated yesterday, the grant of leave is necessarily dependent upon a variety of conditions which still prevail after the cessation of hostilities in a theatre of war, but I hope it may be possible to arrange for larger numbers of men who are at present serving in the East to receive leave in the near future.