HC Deb 17 July 1918 vol 108 cc1033-4
17. Mr. ALBION RICHARDSON

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any, and what, restrictions have been imposed, and why, upon the sending of money to British prisoners of war interned in Holland?

Mr. JAMES HOPE (Lord of the Treasury)

This matter is complicated by questions of exchange and of food supply, and I prefer to make no statement on the subject until I have been able to discuss it with the delegates to The Hague Conference.

80. Mr. PETO

asked the hon. Member for Sheffield (Central Division) whether he is aware that British and Indian prisoners in Turkey are suffering from the lack of proper dental treatment; and whether he will arrange for the Ottoman Government to be asked to allow dentists with European diplomas to visit the prisoners' camps?

Mr. HOPE

The Netherlands Minister at Constantinople was asked last month to propose to the Turkish Government to enter into the same reciprocal arrangement with us for dental treatment of prisoners of war as is already in operation between the German Government and ourselves.

Sir J. D. REES

Are there any dentists with European diplomas in Asia Minor?

Mr. HOPE

If there are not, I do not quite know how they are to be got.