§ 66. Mr. WALTER ROCHasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can, consistently with the public interest, give the number of casualties incurred up to date by the British Forces at Salonika?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONMy right hon. Friend has asked me to answer this question. I am afraid that it would not be in the public interest to give this information.
§ Mr. PRINGLEIs my hon. Friend aware that in regard to the Dardanelles operations the late Prime Minister gave the casualties, and is the present Government going to set a lower standard of information than the late Government?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONI would remind my hon. and learned Friend that the conditions were not the same.
§ Mr. PRINGLEThey are!
§ 67. Mr. ROCHasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he can make any statement as to the present position of the British Forces at Salonika?
§ Mr. MACPHERSONMy right hon. Friend has asked me to answer this question. I have nothing to add to what has appeared in the Press communiqués