§ 24. Mr. Prittasked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that 10 warrant officers and non-commissioned officers, whose names have been given to him, were illegally detained in close arrest in the detention cells at Tahag for upwards of a week, in the month of November last, without any charge being made against them; what justification there was for such detention; and what steps he will take to compensate the men thus detained and to deal with those responsible for their detention.
§ Mr. BellengerI have no knowledge of this matter, apart from the nine names which the hon. and learned Member has sent me. I am, however, looking into it and will write to him.