§ Mr. DOUGLAS HALLUnder-Secretary of State for War (1) whether he will state the number of men of the Royal Army Medical Corps employed at Parkhurst Barracks who have committed suicide during the last two years, and the number of men of the same corps who were incapacitated from work owing to mental breakdown; (2) what were the average daily hours of work of the men of the Royal Army Medical Corps hospital staff at Parkhurst from 1st May, 1909, to 2nd May, 1911; (3) whether his attention has been called to the verdict of a coroner's jury on Sergeant Stokes, of the Royal Army Medical Corps, wherein it was found that Sergeant Stokes committed suicide while of unsound mind, produced by ill-health caused by his prolonged hours of work, and to the evidence of Quartermaster-Sergeant Trueman, who stated on oath that he had been at work from seven o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock at night for seven days a week, and the coroner's remarks that none of the Royal Army Medical Corps men who gave evidence looked healthy; and whether any, and if so, what, steps have been taken to increase the staff of the Royal Army Medical Corps at Parkhurst; and (4) if he will 1968W state on what date Lieutenant-Colonel Donegan, commanding the Royal Army Medical Corps at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight, represented to the War Office or his superior officers that the men employed at the military hospital at Parkhurst were not sufficient to cope with the work, and asked for further assistance; and when such assistance was granted
§ Colonel SEELYI am not yet in a position to reply to the four questions on this subject in the name of the hon. Member.