Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Armed Forces – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 2 April 1947.
Mr Samuel Silverman
, Nelson and Colne
12:00,
2 April 1947
While giving due weight to the considerations my right hon. Friend has mentioned, may I ask if it is not reasonably clear now that the number of people who have actually deserted is very small? Will he not consider this, in view of the fact that it is now two years since the end of the war, and reconsider whether a complete amnesty of all these offences might not now be granted?