§ Mr. ALLEN PARKINSONasked the Secretary of State for War the number of soldiers who are still serving sentences of imprisonment or penal servitude inflicted by courts-martial for offences during the War and since the Armistice, respectively; and whether he can hold out any hope of a revision of such sentences?
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§ Mr. CHURCHILLAs already stated, I am having figures prepared to show the number of men now undergoing penal servitude, imprisonment, or detention for military offences committed between the outbreak of War and the Armistice.
With regard to the last part of the question, as I have previously explained, all such sentences have been, and are being, constantly reviewed. In this connection I would refer the hon. Member to my reply on the 10th December last to the hon. Member for Whitechapel (Mr. Kiley).