HC Deb 07 March 1916 vol 80 c1329
4. MALCOLM

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that the French, German, and Russian Governments have each recently attached to their Legations at Berne a diplomatic representative to deal exclusively with questions regarding the treatment of prisoners; and whether he will consider the advisability of attaching to the British Legation a secretary of equivalent rank for the same specific purpose?

Lord R. CECIL

The only information in my possession with regard to the first part of the question is that already communicated to me by my hon. Friend; I think that correspondence with the German Government respecting the treatment of prisoners of war must for many reasons, which I shall be happy to explain to my hon. Friend, continue to be conducted through the United States Ambassador at Berlin.