§ Mr. SNOWDENasked the Under-Secretary of State for War if the 30th Middlesex Regiment is an Infantry works battalion used for Home labour and is composed solely of men of enemy alien origin and naturalised enemy aliens; if these men were promised by the tribunals and the military authorities that they would be used for Home labour only; if, in spite of these promises, these men have now been warned that they are to be sent for labour service in France; and, if so, will this instruction be revoked?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONThis battalion is composed of men of enemy alien origin and of naturalised British subjects of enemy alien parentage and is employed on labour at home. Nothing is known of a promise that it should not be employed for labour in France.