§ Mr. Dobbieasked the Secretary of State for India whether whipping, under the various whipping Ordinances, still obtains in India; how many persons have been whipped since the last statement made on the subject in the House of Commons; and what is the total number whipped or flogged since August, 1943?
§ Mr. AmeryThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. Information now available shows that the total number of sentences of whipping or, more correctly, caning inflicted from August, 1942, to the end of June was 2,401. I have no later information.