§ Mr. GRIFFITHSasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that deserters from the French Foreign Legion who fled to Transjordania were captured by the British authorities there, handed over to the French and subsequently shot; on what grounds these men were handed over; and whether there is any precedent for such action?
§ Mr. AMERYThe hon. Member is misinformed. No deserters from the French Foreign Legion have been handed over by the British authorities in Palestine and Transjordania to the French authorities.