§ 81. Mr. Gibsonasked the Secretary of State for War what was the reason for the issue by the public relations department of the War Office of a Press statement referring to Craftsman Arthur New. Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, stationed in Malaya, while the 25W inquiry into this man's demotion, which the hon. Member for Clapham had been promised, was still going on.
§ Mr. HeadI can assure the hon. Member that this was purely fortuitous. The two matters are entirely unrelated. I am sure that the Press statement in no way prejudiced the inquiry.