Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Armed Forces – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 March 1947.
asked the Minister of Defence how many men in the three Services are serving sentences for desertion; how many of these convictions date from before June, 1945; and, in view of the new policy of the Government towards deserters who have not been traced, if he will take steps to revise these sentences of deserters, in order to bring the policy towards them in line with that towards those who are now surrendering.