Deserters (Sentences)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Armed Forces – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 March 1947.

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Photo of Mr John McGovern Mr John McGovern , Glasgow Shettleston 12:00, 12 March 1947

Could the right hon. Gentleman not induce the Government to adopt a more humane policy on this question of deserters, which is a running sore and a continuation of Nazi ideas—[HON. MEMBERS: "Oh."]—I know how hon. Members all sympathise with it—to bring all these men back into decent life? Could the right hon. Gentleman not decide to eliminate all sentences imposed after the end of the war on men who deserted previously?