§ 109. Major NEWMANasked the Treasurer of the Household whether he has had any report from or interview with the Hon. Mrs. Scarlett Synge, D.P.H., who has recently arrived in this country from a tour of inspection of the British prisoner of war camps in Germany; has he any knowledge of why the lady was granted such special facilities by the German Foreign Office; and, if he has read it, is her report, which has been sent to every Member of this House and which describes the condition of comfort prevailing at Wittenberg and other camps, borne out by official information, at his disposal?
Mr. HOPEThe answer to parts one and two of the question is in the negative. I am informed that the report in question refers to the conditions of the camps nearly a year ago, and at least, as regards Wittenberg, it is not borne out by official information.
§ Mr. OUTHWAITEIs the hon. Gentleman aware that this lady was a member of the Medical Mission to Servia, that she stayed with her Servian patients until the town was captured and everyone else had fled, and that, in consequence, the German Government gave her permission to inspect the camps?