HC Deb 05 July 1920 vol 131 cc1019-20
74. Mr. RAPER

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether arrangements can be made to issue passports, without payment, to fallen soldiers' relatives proceeding to France to visit the graves?

Mr. HARMSWORTH

Passports are granted without fee in cases where the applicant is being assisted financially by a society approved by the War Graves Registration Department.

Mr. RAPER

Is it done in any other cases?

Mr. HARMSWORTH

There are other cases on compassionate grounds.

78. Sir H. BRITTAIN

asked the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs whether he is able to fix an approximate date when the visé system in the opinion of His Majesty's Government will have ceased to serve a useful purpose?

Mr. HARMSWORTH

It is impossible to state when conditions will justify the abolition of the passport visé system which is, in the opinion of His Majesty's Government, serving a useful purpose at the present time.

Sir H. BRITTAIN

Have our representatives abroad taken up this question with the Continental Powers?

Mr. HARMSWORTH

There have been conversations.

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