§ Sir WILLIAM BYLESI beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if it is a fact that English wives of German citizens of London are not allowed to see their husbands who are technically prisoners of war interned in Olympia, nor are the prisoners allowed to write to their wives, nor are the wives informed of their husbands' whereabouts or of their intended destination; and whether this rupture of family relations is necessary in the interests of the State?
§ Mr. TENNANTUp to the last few days prisoners of war have been allowed to receive visitors at certain fixed hours, and they have been allowed to communicate with their wives. These privileges have, however, been temporarily suspended until such time as the German Government sees fit to grant similar privileges to British prisoners in Germany. I hope the suspension will be of short duration.