§ Mr. McGOVERNasked the Secretary of State for India if he is aware of the fact that 54 Sikh organisations have submitted resolutions to the Punjab Government urging the immediate release of Baba Chuhar Singh, a prisoner of the 1914–15 conspiracy case, who was on hunger strike lately in the old Multan central gaol; and what steps have the Government taken in the matter?
§ Sir S. HOARE:I am aware that there has recently been a certain amount of agitation for the release of Sikh prisoners sentenced to transportation for life by special tribunals in 1914 and 1915. So far as I am aware, no action has been taken by Government in the matter.