§ Mr. KINGasked the Home Secretary whether Bertram French, a conscientious objector formerly at Knutsford work centre, who attempted suicide on 8th March by cutting his throat, is now in a sane and healthy condition; where he is at present; and whether he will now be released?
§ Mr. BRACEThis man is a patient in the Cheshire County Asylum at Macclesfield, and the responsibility for his detention as a lunatic rests with the Asylum Committee. I have made inquiry, and learn that he is still of unsound mind and a proper subject for detention. He is in fair bodily health.
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§ Mr. KINGasked the Home Secretary whether Charles Shaw, No. 5858, now an inmate in Wormwood Scrubs, has been allowed to appeal to the Central Tribunal as he wishes to do work of national importance; and whether he has been accepted as a genuine conscientious objector by the Central Tribunal?
§ Mr. BRACEThe Central Tribunal have recently reconsidered this case, and have decided that the man should be treated as having a conscientious objection to all military service. He has accepted work under the Home Office Committee, and will be sent to work as soon as possible.