§ 3. Mr. Hannahasked the Prime Minister whether he can make any statement about present conditions in the provinces of Poland occupied by Russian troops?
§ Mr. ButlerMy hon. Friend will appreciate that information about conditions in this area is necessarily difficult to con- 1161 firm. Such reports as have reached His Majesty's Government indicate, however, that, as a result of the Soviet occupation, they are gradually approximating to the conditions generally prevailing in the Soviet Union.
§ Brigadier-General Sir Henry CroftHave we any representatives in Soviet Russian Poland?
§ Mr. ButlerWe have a representative in the Soviet Union, and to that extent his advisers and staff would gradually get to know the circumstances in a certain territory.
§ Mr. KirkwoodWould the right hon. Gentleman not tell this House that in our own country conditions are not so ideal that we can criticise the conditions of the working classes in every country under the sun?
§ Mr. ButlerCertainly, conditions are better here.