§ Mr. BUXTONasked the Under-secretary of State for War if his attention has been, called to the report of the inquest held at Norwich on 13th May on Frederick Francis Cottrell, formerly a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery and a patient at the Norfolk War Hospital, in which the Royal Army Medical Corps doctor stated that Cottrell had served in the Army three and a half years, two of which were spent in France, that he was sent back to England in November, 1915, with a gunshot wound, that he was returned to France in 1916, that he was sent back to England in August, 1917, having lost the use of both legs from paralysis which occurred after he. had been blown out of a gun-pit, that he was returned to France once more in December, 1917, that he was sent back to England in December, 1917, having again had paralysis in both legs and lost the use of his left arm, and that in May, 1918, he committed suicide; and whether he will consider the desirability of making -arrangements whereby soldiers who have been severely wounded on more than one occasion should not be compelled to return to the fighting line?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI am making inquiries into this case, and I will communicate with my hon. Friend as soon as possible.