Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Armed Forces – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 2 April 1947.
Sub-Lieutenant Herschel Austin
, Stretford
12:00,
2 April 1947
Is my right hon. Friend aware that the Government's policy on the question of deserters is both harsh and inconclusive, and is likely to lead to a trail, over the years, of many broken lives? Will he take into consideration the feelings of the families of the men concerned and reconsider his decision?