§ 54. Major HUNTasked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the treatment of our prisoners in Germany, he will intimate to the German Government, through the American Ambassador at Berlin, that, until the American Ambassador reports that British prisoners in Germany are well treated, enemy prisoners in Great Britain will be subjected to the most rigorous treatment short of actual cruelty?
§ Lord R. CECILThe treatment of British prisoners in the ordinary camps in Germany has for some time past been better than it was, but the conditions in some of the working camps and industrial establishments in which British prisoners are employed leave much to be desired, and we have recently heard that the United States representatives have been refused permission to visit certain industrial establishments where prisoners are employed. The suggestion of the hon. Member will not be lost sight of, but we are anxious, for reasons which will occur to the hon. Member, to avoid reprisals if possible.