Mr. RHYS DAVIESasked the Secretary of State for War how many British soldiers are at present on the strength of the various sections of the Army at home and abroad who did not consent to vaccination on attestation or enrolment; whether, if no statistics are available, he will arrange for them to be obtained and recorded each year in the Annual Army Health Reports; and whether it is the practice at present to accept recruits for the British Army who refuse to be vaccinated?
§ Sir L. W0RTHINGTON-EVANSI regret that the information asked for in the first part of the question is not available, and I do not think that the value of the information would be sufficient to justify the large amount of labour involved in preparing it. The answer to the last part of the question is in the negative.