§ 52. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will call for a report from the chief constable about the action taken by the Leeds police as a result of the circumstances in which an American civilian, Mr. Bruce Jack, resident in Leeds, was escorted to London by a United States military police officer; and whether he will make a statement.
§ Miss BaconI am informed that Mr. Jack is a United States naval reservist; that he failed to report for active duty when called upon to do so; and that in consequence he became an absentee without leave from the United States forces 265W and, as such, subject to the provisions of Part II of the Visiting Forces Act, 1952. An officer of the United States Navy went to his address accompanied by a member of the Leeds City Police and subsequently interviewed him at police headquarters. Mr. Jack then agreed to go voluntarily with the officer to London.