§ Mr. JOWETTasked the Under-Secretary of State for War whether he will make inquiries as to the condition of William Davidson, conscientious objector, who was arrested by the police on 2nd July last and handed over to the military authorities at Maryhill Barracks, Glasgow, and was from there taken to Fort Matilda to await his court-martial, and who, when his father visited him on 15th July last, was found to be in a state of physical and mental collapse, unable to stand and had to be supported by two soldiers; and if, having regard to the urgency of the case if the facts are as here stated, he will take suitable action without delay?
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§ Mr. MACPHERSONIf my hon. Friend will furnish me with the name of the regiment to which Davidson belongs and his regimental number, I will have inquiry made.
§ Mr. JOWETTasked the Home Secretary if the concession allowing conscientious objectors in prison to lend books to other conscientious objectors in the same prison is working satisfactorily; if, in regard to conscientious objectors in Newcastle Gaol, an Order has been sent down from the Home Office to the effect that no books are to be lent at all under any circumstances; and, if so, whether he can state the effect of this concession?
§ Sir G. CAVEThere is no general concession which allows one prisoner to lend hooks to another. In individual cases, subject to the authority of the Governor, books may be lent.