§ 54. Mr. MALCOLMasked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that at the present time about 1,600 French prisoners of war and. about 850 Germans suffering from specified diseases are now interned in sanatoria in Switzerland; whether any invitation has been sent from the Swiss Government offering to receive British prisoners similarly afflicted; and what answer has been sent in reply by His Majesty's Government?
§ The PRIME MINISTERThe answer to the first part of the question is in the affirmative. His Majesty's Government have received no official invitation from the Swiss Government to send wounded prisoners to Switzerland in the event of an agreement being arrived at with the German Government. It is, however, understood that such a course would be agreeable to the Swiss Government. The Government are favourable to this proposal, and action is being taken in the matter.