§ Mr. Sorensenasked the Home Secretary what steps are being taken to provide internees with suitable clothing for cold weather, particularly those who have lost their employment or source of income through internment; whether he will arrange that this should also apply to internees sent overseas; and whether articles taken from, and postal orders sent to, internees now overseas have been forwarded to them?
§ Mr. PeakeAll these matters are under consideration by my right hon. Friend, following the transfer of responsibility for the management of internment camps on 5th August. Arrangements will certainly be made to provide internees in this country with suitable clothing where they lack this or the means to provide it, and my right hon. Friend will get into touch with the Canadian and Australian authorities. I am inquiring into the point mentioned in the last part of the Question.
§ Mr. Sorensenasked the Home Secretary on what grounds General Torcom, an Armenian general, who has in the past rendered great service to the Allied cause and who recently arrived in London to offer his services to the British Government, was arrested and detained at Pentonville Prison without any charge or reason being given, whilst negotiations were being conducted with the War Office?
§ Mr. Silvermanasked the Home Secretary why Mayer Selzer was not permitted to attend the American Consulate on 16th July, for which date he had an appointment with a view to obtaining an American visa?
§ Mr. PeakeI am informed that the intimation of this man's appointment to attend at the American Consulate arrived after he had been interned. He has now been transferred from the Isle of Man to the internment camp at Lingfield in order that he may be able to keep the fresh appointment which it is expected will be made at an early date.