HC Deb 22 February 1939 vol 344 cc353-4
2. Wing-Commander James

asked the Prime Minister whether the French and Dutch Governments have been consulted or approached about the admission of Jewish refugees into their Guianas?

Mr. Butler

The director of the Inter-Governmental Committee has consulted the French and Netherlands representatives on the committee on the possibility of settlement in French and Dutch Guiana. I understand that a Jewish organisation in the Netherlands, with the approval of that Government, is shortly sending to Surinam a commission of experts to study the possibilities of settlement in Dutch Guiana.

Wing-Commander James

Has any approach been made to the French Government?

Mr. Butler

Yes, Sir, I think it has.

Mr. Wedgwood Benn

Will there be an opportunity, when the Vote is taken to-morrow, for the right hon. Gentleman to give us some information?

Mr. Butler

I am always ready to give information.