§ Lieut.-Colonel Sir SAMUEL HOAREasked the Home Secretary whether Colonial troops charged with purely military offences are imprisoned in ordinary civil prisons as, for instance, Pentonville; and whether the practice can immediately be stopped?
§ Mr. SHORTTThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. I have no authority to stop the sending of these men to civil prisons, but I am communicating with the War Office, and I have no doubt the question whether it is practicable to make other arrangements will be carefully considered.