§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he proposes an amnesty in the near future for long-term Army deserters; and, if so, to whom it would apply.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownI have no such proposal.
§ Mr. Watkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Defence when there was last an amnesty for deserters; and to whom it applied.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownThe last amnesty for deserters from Her Majesty's Forces was announced in 1953. It applied to those who deserted during the 1939–45 war.