§ 83. Mrs. Joyce Butlerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects compensation for wrongful imprisonment to be paid to David Silver and Lionel King, who were granted a free pardon on 2nd July following investigation of cases in which Detective-sergeant Challenor was involved.
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§ Sir F. SoskiceI hope to be able fairly soon to indicate the compensation which I am ready to pay to these two men ex gratia. Their claims have not been settled earlier because I have been awaiting particulars from one of the claimants, and these have only just been received.