§ Mr. AMMONasked the Home Secretary whether his attention has been called to the case of four men who were brought before the Central Criminal Court for taking possession of a disused house in South Grove, Peckham; whether he is aware that the men with their families were homeless and unemployed; that one of the women was pregnant, and expected to give, birth to a child; that the prosecution was under old Statutes of Richard II and Henry VI; that these men have been kept in prison for a long time pending sentence at the Sessions on 5th December; and will he give consideration to the case with a view to the discharge of these men and the providing of decent accommodation for themselves and families, particularly as the whole of the men served during the War and took part in the battles of Arras, Cambrai, Ypres and Loos?
§ Mr. BRIDGEMANThese men were bound over in £5 each and discharged at the current Sessions. I much regret that it in beyond my power to provide housing accommodation for these men and their families.