§ Mr. J. A. PARKINSONasked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any official information to the effect that Corporal England and Lance-corporal Sylvester were operated upon in Russia without an anesthetic; and whether at any time during 1919 a ship or ships, carrying medical supplies for Petrograd, was warned by British warships in the Baltic not to proceed to Russia?
§ Mr. CHURCHILLThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the negative. The information I have received does not enable me to state whether an anæsthetic was used or not. The second part of the Question should be addressed to my right hon. Friend the First Lord of the Admiralty.